The “Endothelialized Muscularis Mucosae”: A Case Report Describing a Large Cavernous Hemangioma at the Terminal Ileum and a New Histologic Clue for Preoperative Diagnosis from Endo... by Erin K. Purdy-Payne, Jean F. Miner, Brandon Foles, Tien-Anh N. Tran

“…Due to their potential to cause bowel obstruction, intussusception, perforation, and hemorrhage, these lesions may ultimately require surgical resection to relieve symptoms or prevent or treat complications—however, surgical planning and patient counseling could be greatly improved by a preoperative diagnosis. Therefore, gastroenterologists, pathologists, and surgeons should be aware of the “endothelialized muscularis mucosae” which can be very helpful in diagnosing GI cavernous hemangiomas from endoscopic biopsies.…”
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Stomach cancer risk factors: the modern concept by V. M. Khomyakov, A. D. Yermoshina, S. S. Pirogov, A. B. Ryabov

“…The main role in early detection of this disease is played by oncological alertness of doctors at outpatient clinics and gastroenterologists, as well as the patient education. The understanding of basic etiologic and predisposing factors and mechanisms of SC development, knowledge of key risk factors allow to distinguish high-risk groups from the general population and to carry out active revealing of premalignant lesions and early forms of SC. …”
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Clinical Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Esophagitis by V. T. Ivashkin, N. D. Yuschuk, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, A. A. Makushina, S. S. Pirogov, O. V. Zayratyants, O. P. Alekseeva, D. N. Andreyev, T. L. Lapina, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin

“…Current clinical recommendations aim to provide gastroenterologists, general practitioners (family doctors), endoscopists and infectionists with modern methods for diagnosis and treatment of infectious esophagitis.Key points. …”
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Effect of Colonoscopy Volume on Quality Indicators by David Pace, Mark Borgaonkar, Muna Lougheed, Curtis Marcoux, Brad Evans, Nikita Hickey, Meghan O’Leary, Darrell Boone, Jerry McGrath

“…A total of 13 surgeons and 8 gastroenterologists were studied. There was a significant difference in CCR (p < 0.001) and ADR (p < 0.001) based on annual volume. …”
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Transperineal Ultrasonography in Perianal Crohn Disease: A Valuable Imaging Modality by Emily K Wright, Kerri L Novak, Cathy Lu, Remo Panaccione, Subrata Ghosh, Stephanie R Wilson

“…Improvements in sonographic technology over recent years have facilitated a growing enthusiasm among radiologists and gastroenterologists in the use of ultrasound for the assessment of inflammatory bowel disease. …”
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Examination of Physicians’ Perception of the Indications of Colorectal Stents in the Management of Malignant Large Bowel Obstruction: A Provincial Survey by Jean-Frédéric LeBlanc, Myriam Martel, Alan N. Barkun

“…A web-based survey was sent to Gastroenterologists and Surgical Specialists across Quebec to assess physicians’ knowledge and adherence to the indications for colonic SEMS placement in the management of MLO using eight clinical scenarios. …”
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Controversies in the management of anti-TNF therapy in patients with Crohn’s disease: a Delphi consensus by Ignacio Marin-Jimenez, Guillermo Bastida, Daniel Carpio, Fernando Muñoz, Yago González-Lama, Elena Ricart, Daniel Ceballos, Daniel Ginard, Luis Menchen

“…Their results were discussed by expert gastroenterologists within a nominal group meeting, and a set of statements was proposed and tested in a Delphi process.Results Qualitative study. …”
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Initial Development and Validation of a Transition Readiness Scale for Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Oded Hammerman, Areej Bayatra, Dan Turner, Arie Levine, Raanan Shamir, Amit Assa, Michael Wilschanski, Yaacov G. Bachner, Eran Israeli

“…The purpose of this study was to develop and assess the reliability and validity of a “Transition Readiness” (TR) measure for adolescents with IBD, as well as to evaluate the level of TR synchronicity between adolescents themselves, their parents, and their pediatric gastroenterologists. Methods. A self-assessment tool was created to evaluate TR. …”
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Practical Recommendations of Scientific Society for the Study of Human Microbiome and the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Use of Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics and F... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, D. I. Abdulganieva, S. A. Alekseenko, A. V. Gorelov, I. N. Zakharova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. Yu. Ivashkina, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammayev, E. A. Poluektova, A. S. Trukhmanov, D. V. Usenko, Yu. P. Uspensky, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin, I. V. Berezhnaya, K. V. Ivashkin, T. L. Lapina, R. V. Maslennikov, S. V. Nikolaeva, N. G. Sugyan, A. I. Ulyanin

“…The practical guidelines are intended for primary care physicians, general practitioners, paediatricians, gastroenterologists and general internists to advance the treatment and prevention of gastroenterological diseases in adults and children in therapies with probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics and their enriched functional foods.Key points. …”
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Comparison of Concomitant Mesalamine and Immunomodulator Therapy and Immunomodulator Monotherapy for Crohn’s Disease by Min Seob Kwak, Kyung-Jo Kim, Jae Hee Cheon, Wan Soo Kim, Jeong-Mi Lee, Sung Wook Hwang, Sang Hyoung Park, Dong-Hoon Yang, Byong Duk Ye, Jeong-Sik Byeon, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang

“…Although immunomodulators are increasingly used in Crohn’s disease (CD), a significant number of gastroenterologists still use 5-aminosalicylate (5-ASA) in combination with azathioprine (AZA) or 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP); there is limited evidence regarding the benefit of concomitant 5-ASA with AZA/6-MP compared with AZA/6-MP monotherapy for the treatment of CD. …”
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Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Society of Surgeons, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the Association of Surgeons-Hepatologists and the Endoscopic Society “REndO” o... by V. T. Ivashkin, A. G. Kriger, A. V. Okhlobystin, M. A. Anischenko, S. S. Kardasheva, S. A. Alekseenko, S. F. Bagnenko, M. I. Bykov, S. A. Budzinskiy, I.  M. Buriev, V. A. Vishnevskiy, E. I. Galperin, V. P. Glabay, V. R. Goltsov, T. G. Dyuzheva, G. G. Karmazanovskiy, M. P. Korolev, D. M. Krasilnikov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, I. V. Maev, N. A. Maystrenko, M. F. Osipenko, M. I. Prudkov, V. I. Simanenkov, E. G. Solonitsin, A. V. Fedorov, E. D. Fedorov, I. B. Khlynov, M. V. Chikunova, A. V. Shabunin, S. G. Shapovalyants, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin

“…Aim: to present modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of chronic pancreatitis for gastroenterologists, general practitioners and physicians.Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a long-term inflammatory disease of the pancreas, manifested by irreversible morphological changes in the parenchyma and pancreatic ducts, which cause pain and/or persistent impairment of function. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Peptic Ulcer in Adults (Clinical Guidelines of the Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Society of Colorectal Surgeons and the Russian Endosc... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, P. V. Tsar’kov, M. P. Korolev, D. N. Andreev, E. K. Baranskaya, S. G. Burkov, A. A. Derinov, S. K. Efetov, T. L. Lapina, P. V. Pavlov, S. S. Pirogov, A. V. Tkachev, A. S. Trukhmanov, E. D. Fedorov, A. A. Sheptulin

“…The recommendations are intended for gastroenterologists and general practitioners.General provisions. …”
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Colonic Stents for Colorectal Cancer Are Seldom Used and Mainly for Palliation of Obstruction: A Population-Based Study by Anna M. Borowiec, Charlie S. K. Wang, Elaine Yong, Calvin Law, Natalie Coburn, Rinku Sutradhar, Nancy Baxter, Lawrence Paszat, Jill Tinmouth

“…Stent use for CRC increased over the study period and gastroenterologists inserted most stents. The median survival after stent insertion was 199 (IQR, 69–834) days. 37% of patients required an additional procedure. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Russian Society for the Study of the Liver, the Russian Gastroenterological Association, the National Scientific Society of Infectious Disease S... by V. T. Ivashkin, V. P. Chulanov, N. A. Mamonova, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, I. N. Tikhonov, P. O. Bogomolov, E. V. Volchkova, A. S. Dmitriev, O. O. Znojko, E. A. Klimova, K. V. Kozlov, I. E. Kravchenko, E. Yu. Malinnikova, R. V. Maslennikov, M. I. Mikhailov, K. E. Novak, I. G. Nikitin, V. E. Syutkin, E. V. Esaulenko, A. A. Sheptulin, E. N. Shirokova, N. D. Yushchuk

“…Аim: diagnosis and treatment algorithms in the clinical recommendations intended for general practitioners, gastroenterologists, infectious disease specialists, hepatologists on the of chronic hepatitis C are presented.Summary. …”
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Adherence to CRC Screening and Surveillance Guidelines when Using Split-Dose Bowel Preparation by Stacy B. Menees, H. Myra Kim, Grace H. Elta, Sheryl Korsnes, Philip Schoenfeld

“…Additionally, increased odds of guideline-inconsistent recommendation were associated with older age (>70 years old), higher BMI, having 3 or more polyps, having had at least two previous colonoscopies, suboptimal bowel preparation, and having taken at least 12 hours till clear bowel movement. Conclusions. Gastroenterologists are adherent to CRC screening and surveillance guidelines. …”
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Paroxysmal Laryngospasm: A Rare Condition That Respiratory Physicians Must Distinguish from Other Diseases with a Chief Complaint of Dyspnea by Yu Bai, Xi-Rui Jing, Yun Xia, Xiao-Nan Tao

“…Timely referral to otolaryngologists, gastroenterologists, and other specialists for standardized examination and regular treatment should be provided when necessary.…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Scientific Society for the Clinical Study of Human Microbiome, of the Russian Gastroenterological Association and the Russian Society for the Pr... by V. T. Ivashkin, O. S. Lyashenko, O. M. Drapkina, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, A. Yu. Baranovsky, O. V. Goloshchapov, N. V. Zheleznova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, I. L. Kliaritskaia, N. V. Korochanskaya, T. L. Lapina, I. V. Maev, R. V. Maslennikov, R. G. Myazin, P. V. Pavlov, M. V. Perekalina, N. A. Pisarenko, A. V. Povtoreyko, E. A. Poluektova, L. A. Sekretareva, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. M. Troshkina, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. I. Ulyanin, S. G. Filatova, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin

“…Аim: the clinical practice guidelines intended for gastroenterologists, internal medicine specialists, infectious disease specialists, general practitioners (family doctors), coloproctologists, surgeons and endoscopists present modern methods of diagnosis, prevention and treatment of C. difficile-associated disease.Key points. …”
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GastroFuse-Net: an ensemble deep learning framework designed for gastrointestinal abnormality detection in endoscopic images by Sonam Aggarwal, Isha Gupta, Ashok Kumar, Sandeep Kautish, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Ali Wagdy Mohamed, Frank Werner, Mohammad Shokouhifar

“…This capability is particularly crucial in the realm of gastrointestinal disorders, where even experienced gastroenterologists find the automatic diagnosis of such conditions using endoscopic pictures to be a challenging endeavor. …”
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The effect of maintenance therapy on Crohn’s disease clinical outcomes by O. B. Schukina, E. A. Kondrashina, A. M. Kharitidis, Ye. G. Vepreva, A. G. Kharitonov, A. Yu. Baranovsky

“…The decision on pharmaceutical treatment of patients with complications should be made by gastroenterologists in consort with surgeons-coloproctologists.…”
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Mpox gastrointestinal manifestations: a systematic review by Rahul Ramakrishnan, Atira Shenoy, Ranganathan Madhavan, Damon Meyer

“…GI symptoms of mpox are crucial for gastroenterologists and other healthcare professionals to recognise in order to address patient discomfort and further understand the pathophysiology of the virus.…”
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