Volume 31, No 3 (2018)

Editorial (by invitation only)

Split-dose bowel preparation versus water exchange and adenoma detection rate: have we arrived there yet?

Felix W. Leung

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Invited Reviews

Diagnosis and treatment of superficial esophageal cancer

Maximilien Barret, Frédéric Prat

256
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Role of bile acids in inflammatory bowel disease

Elisa Tiratterra, Placido Franco, Emanuele Porru, Konstantinos H. Katsanos, Dimitrios K. Christodoulou, Giulia Roda

266
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Review Articles

Gastrointestinal dysmotility in critically ill patients

Theodoros Ladopoulos, Maria Giannaki, Christina Alexopoulou, Athanasia Proklou, Emmanuel Pediaditis, Eumorfia Kondili

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Secondary metastatic lesions to colon and rectum

Michail Galanopoulos, Filippos Gkeros, Christos Liatsos, Christos Pontas, Apostolis Papaefthymiou, Nikos Viazis, Gerassimos J. Mantzaris, Nikolaos Tsoukalas

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: controlling an emerging epidemic, challenges, and future directions

Andrew Ofosu, Daryl Ramai, Madhavi Reddy

288
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Analogy between non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and hypertension: a stepwise patient-tailored approach for NASH treatment

Yaron Ilan

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Νon-invasive screening for esophageal varices in patients with liver cirrhosis

Andreas Karatzas, Christos Konstantakis, Ioanna Aggeletopoulou, Christina Kalogeropoulou, Konstantinos Thomopoulos, Christos Triantos

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Portal vein thrombosis in cirrhosis: diagnosis, natural history, and therapeutic challenges

Aikaterini Mantaka, Aikaterini Augoustaki, Elias A. Kouroumalis, Dimitrios N. Samonakis

315
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Preoperative elective transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for cirrhotic patients undergoing abdominal surgery

Deepanshu Jain, Ejaz Mahmood, Maria V-Bandres, Eyob Feyssa

330
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Original Articles

Endoscopic submucosal dissection versus endoscopic mucosal resection for type 0-II superficial gastric lesions larger than 20 mm

Pietro Gambitta, Francesca Iannuzzi, Alessandro Ballerini, Alessandra D'Alessandro, Maurizio Vertemati, Emilia Bareggi, Stefano Pallotta, Paola Fontana, Paolo Aseni

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Continued versus interrupted aspirin use and bleeding risk after endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastric neoplasms: a meta-analysis

Veeravich Jaruvongvanich, Tomoki Sempokuya, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Patompong Ungprasert

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Quality of life of ulcerative colitis patients treated surgically with proctocolectomy and J-pouch formation: a comparative study before surgery and after closure of the defunctioning ileostomy

Georgios Exarchos, Antonios Gklavas, Linda Metaxa, Ioannis Papaconstantinou

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Split- versus single-dose preparation tolerability in a multiethnic population: decreased side effects but greater social barriers

Gabriel Perreault, Adam Goodman, Sebastian Larion, Ahana Sen, Kirsten Quiles, Michael Poles, Renee Williams

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Hepatitis B and C coinfection in a real-life setting: viral interactions and treatment issues

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Maria Papavdi, Anna Pavlidou, Dimitris Konstantinou, Hariklia Kranidioti, George Kontos, John Koskinas, George V. Papatheodoridis, Spilios Manolakopoulos, Melanie Deutsch

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Role of thrombophilia in splanchnic venous thrombosis in acute pancreatitis

Sobur Uddin Ahmed, Surinder S. Rana, Jasmina Ahluwalia, Neelam Varma, Ravi Sharma, Rajesh Gupta, Mandeep Kang

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Images of the Month

Use of vedolizumab in a patient with chronic and refractory pouchitis

Eleni Orfanoudaki, Kalliopi Foteinogiannopoulou, Ioannis E. Koutroubakis

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Submucosal pocket creation using a traction device in colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection

Daisuke Ide, Shoichi Saito, Akiko Chino, Tomohiko Ricard Ohya

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Case Report

Synchronous gastric and duodenal metastases from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a unique presentation of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Nicholas P. Tarangelo, C. Andrew Kistler, Zachary Daitch, Wei Jiang, Daniel M. Quirk

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Letter to the Editor

Immigration and knowledge, education, and practices regarding chronic hepatitis B in pregnancy

Seyed Moayed Alavian

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Authors’ reply

Bolin Niu, Dina Halegoua-De Marzio

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Table of contents

Editorial (by invitation only)

Invited Reviews

Review Articles

Original Articles

Images of the Month

Case Report

Letter to the Editor