Improving Survival in Decompensated Cirrhosis by Amar Nath Mukerji, Vishal Patel, Ashokkumar Jain

“…We specially emphasize protection of airways by avoidance of sedatives, avoidance of Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure, elective intubation in grade III or higher encephalopathy, maintaining a low threshold for intubation with lesser grades of encephalopathy when undergoing upper endoscopy or colonoscopy as pre transplant evaluation or transferring patient to a transplant center. …”
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Two Cases of Rectal Xanthoma Presenting as Yellowish to Whitish Lesions during Colonoscopy by Masaya Iwamuro, Takehiro Tanaka, Daisuke Takei, Yuusaku Sugihara, Keita Harada, Sakiko Hiraoka, Yoshiro Kawahara, Hiroyuki Okada

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Electrocardiographic Changes in Elderly Patients During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography by NG Kounis, GM Zavras, PJ Papadaki, SN Kouni, M Batsolaki, GV Gouvelou-Deligianni, C Markoglou, JA Goudevenos, CN Mallioris, C Kokkinis, K Kalokairinou, N Grapsas, GN Kounis, CM Koutsojannis

“…BACKGROUND: Cardiorespiratory complications may occur during gastrointestinal endoscopy, and elderly people seem to be more vulnerable to these complications during endoscopic procedures involving the manipulation of abdominal viscera. …”
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Laparoscopic Management of Huge Ovarian Cysts by A. Alobaid, A. Memon, S. Alobaid, L. Aldakhil

“…With advancing techniques, proper patients selection, and availability of experts in gynecologic endoscopy, it is possible to remove giant cyst by laparoscopy.…”
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Gastric Duplication Cyst: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Jai P. Singh, Heena Rajdeo, Kalyani Bhuta, John A. Savino

“…Duplication cysts in adults are generally encountered as incidental findings at endoscopy or laparotomy. Herein, we report two rare cases of symptomatic GDC presenting in adults. …”
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Occlusion Causing Severe Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage in Two Paediatric Cases by Anna L. Fox, Matthew Jones, Andrew Healey, Marcus K. H. Auth

“…CT angiography confirmed the diagnosis in both cases, in addition to characteristic findings on endoscopy. Paediatricians should suspect this condition in children with severe gastrointestinal bleeding, particularly in children with previous, complex abdominal surgery.…”
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Prevalence of Upper Abdominal Complaints in Patients Who Have Undergone Partial Gastrectomy by RJLF Loffeld

“…A questionnaire was mailed to patients who had undergone partial gastrectomy and been sent for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Eight questions were scored on a five-point Likert scale, and a symptom score was calculated. …”
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Sakit Kepala pada Variasi Anatomi Hidung dan Sinus Paranasal by Tika Hakikah, Dolly Irfandy, Bestari Jaka Budiman

“…It has been reported a 45-year-old woman with a congested left nostril and headache that has gotten worse since 2 months ago and computed tomography of the paranasal sinuses show thickening of the bilateral maxillary sinus mucosa, bilateral anterior ethmoid, left septum deviation, concha bullous, and right inferior turbinate hypertrophy. Functional Endoscopy Sinus Surgery was performed, found anatomical variations namely, deviation septum, concha bullosa, agger nasi cells and supra agger cells. …”
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Gastric Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Patient Treated with Isavuconazole Monotherapy by Imran Gani, Atbin Doroodchi, Kristina Falkenstrom, Holly Berry, Won Lee, Laura Mulloy, Muhammad Saeed, Rajan Kapoor

“…An upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy revealed esophagitis and gastric ulceration, the cultures from which grew Rhizopus species. …”
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Imaging Findings of Gastric Diverticula by Dominik Schramm, Andreas Gunter Bach, Alexander Zipprich, Alexey Surov

“…In 9 patients, additional endoscopy and in 7 patients upper gastrointestinal investigation with contrast medium were performed. …”
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Efficacy of parenteral rabeprazole at acute ulcer gastroduodenal bleeding in patients with high risk of relapse after endoscopic hemostasis by S. G. Shapovalyants, S. A. Chernyakevich, A. I. Mikhalev, I. V. Babkova, G. N. Storozhuk, Ye. K. Mayat, P. L. Chernyakevich

“…Patients received rabeloc (rabeprazole 20 mg) bolus intravenous injections every 6 hs for 3 days until high risk of bleeding relapse disappeared, followed by single-dose 20 mg intravenously for 10 days. Dynamic endoscopy on the 2, 4, 7, 14 day have been carried out in 25 patients, of them 4 patients required additional endoscopic hemostasis and continued of parenteral injection of rabeloc 20 mg every 6 hs for three days more. …”
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Research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine life nurturing in health management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (中医养生理论在2型糖尿病患者健康管理中的应用研究进展)... by CHEN Yao (陈瑶), BU Weiqin (卜炜琴)

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New and Safe Treatment of Food Impacted in the Esophagus: A Single Center Experience of 100 Consecutive Cases by Muhammad Shafique, Sheraz Yaqub, Erik S. Lie, Vegard Dahl, Frode Olsbø, Ola Røkke

“…Large food bits can get stuck in the esophagus and must be removed by endoscopy. In some cases, this can be difficult or unsafe. …”
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Efficacy of Adalimumab in a Girl with Refractory Intestinal Behcet’s Disease by Mariko Kaji, Takayuki Kishi, Takako Miyamae, Satoru Nagata, Hisashi Yamanaka, Satoshi Fujikawa

“…Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed ulcers in the terminal ileum, consistent with intestinal Behcet’s disease. …”
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Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of a Proximal Esophageal Pyogenic Granuloma by Elias Estifan, Varun Patel, Matthew Grossman

“…We present an 80-year-old male who underwent endoscopy for evaluation of dysphagia and was found to have a single, red, bilobed 10 mm polyp with adherent white exudate approximately 19 cm from the incisors. …”
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Application of Half-Transected and Self-Pulling Esophagojejunostomy in Total Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: A Safe and Feasible Technique by Hongtao Wan, Jianyong Xiong, Yanglin Chen, Haiyun Wei, Ren Tang, Chao Chen, Qing Sun, Jing Xu, Bo Yi

“…HTSP is a safe and feasible way of endoscopic esophagojejunal anastomosis, which requires a relatively low suture technique under endoscopy, and is suitable for promotion.…”
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The Close Relationship between Large Bowel and Heart: When a Colonic Perforation Mimics an Acute Myocardial Infarction by Maria Francesca Secchi, Carlo Torre, Giovanni Dui, Francesco Virdis, Mauro Podda

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A deep learning based smartphone application for early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma using endoscopic images by Yubiao Yue, Xinyu Zeng, Huanjie Lin, Jialong Xu, Fan Zhang, KeLin Zhou, Li Li, Zhenzhang Li

“…Abstract Nasal endoscopy is crucial for the early detection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), but its accuracy relies heavily on the clinician’s expertise, posing challenges for primary healthcare providers. …”
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Transumbilical Surgery for Duodenal Stenosis in a Child with Situs Inversus: The First Report by Isamu Saeki, Yu Ueno, Wataru Mukai, Reisuke Imaji, Takashi Akiyama

“…An upper gastrointestinal contrast study and endoscopy revealed duodenal stenosis. A transumbilical radical operation as a minimally invasive surgery was successfully performed. …”
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Frequency of mortality in patients with high AIMS65 score presenting with upper GI bleed by Javeria Zahid Khan, Saima Ambreen, Sidra Jahangir, Aimen Malik, Bushra Khaar, Muhammad Umar

“…Majority of the patients were males and had cardiovascular dysfunction. Key words: GERD, endoscopy, gastroduedonal disease, carcinoma, gastritis. …”
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