Volume 29, No 1 (2016)

Editorial (by invitation only)

Biomarkers of bacterial translocation in advanced chronic liver disease: the key to individualizing prognosis

Avik Majumdar, Emmanuel Tsochatzis

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Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines for the surgical management of colon cancer: a consensus statement of the Hellenic and Cypriot Colorectal Cancer Study Group by the HeSMO

Evaghelos Xynos, Nikolaos Gouvas, Charina Triantopoulou, Paris Tekkis, Louiza Vini, Maria Tzardi, Ioannis Boukovinas, Nikolaos Androulakis, Athanasios Athanasiadis, Christos Christodoulou, Evangelia Chrysou, Christos Dervenis, Christos Emmanouilidis, Panagiotis Georgiou, Ourania Katopodi, Panteleimon Kountourakis, Thomas Makatsoris, Pavlos Papakostas, Demetris Papamichael, Georgios Pentheroudakis, Ioannis Pilpilidis, Joseph Sgouros, Vassilios Vassiliou, Spyridon Xynogalos, Nikolaos Ziras, Niki Karachaliou, Odysseas Zoras, Christos Agalianos, John Souglakos

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Adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer: a consensus statement of the Hellenic and Cypriot Colorectal Cancer Study Group by the HeSMO

Panteleimon Kountourakis, John Souglakos, Nikolaos Gouvas, Nikolaos Androulakis, Athanasios Athanasiadis, Ioannis Boukovinas, Christos Christodoulou, Evangelia Chrysou, Christos Dervenis, Christos Emmanouilidis, Panagiotis Georgiou, Niki Karachaliou, Ourania Katopodi, Thomas Makatsoris, Pavlos Papakostas, Georgios Pentheroudakis, Ioannis Pilpilidis, Joseph Sgouros, Paris Tekkis, Charina Triantopoulou, Maria Tzardi, Vassilios Vassiliou, Louiza Vini, Spyridon Xynogalos, Evaghelos Xynos, Nikolaos Ziras, Demetris Papamichael

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Invited Reviews

Recent advances in the treatment of colonic diverticular disease and prevention of acute diverticulitis

Walter Elisei, Antonio Tursi

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Malignant biliary obstruction: the current role of interventional radiology

Dimitrios Tsetis, Miltiadis Krokidis, Dragos Negru, Panagiotis Prassopoulos

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Review Article

Inflammatory bowel disease: can omega-3 fatty acids really help?

Sandra Maria Barbalho, Ricardo de Alvares Goulart, Karina Quesada, Marcelo Dib Bechara, Antonely de CÃ¡ssio Alves de Carvalho

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Original Articles

The hidden endoscopic burden of sleeve gastrectomy and its comparison with Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Katherine Arndtz, Helen Steed, James Hodson, Srikantaiah Manjunath

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Choice of sedation and its impact on adenoma detection rate in screening colonoscopies

Rahman Nakshabendi, Andrew C. Berry, Juan C. Munoz, Bijo K. John

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Synbiotics and gastrointestinal function-related quality of life after elective colorectal cancer resection

George E. Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos A. Memos, Kiriaki Peitsidou, Theodoros Karantanos, Basileios G. Spyropoulos, George Zografos

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Systemic levels of human Î²-defensin 1 are elevated in patients with cirrhosis

Garyfallia Kaltsa, Giorgos Bamias, Spyros I. Siakavellas, Dimitris Goukos, Dimitris Karagiannakis, Evanthia Zampeli, Jiannis Vlachogiannakos, Spyridon Michopoulos, Irene Vafiadi, George L. Daikos, Spiros D. Ladas

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Multidetector computed tomography versus platelet/spleen diameter ratio as methods for the detection of gastroesophageal varices

Andreas Karatzas, Christos Triantos, Maria Kalafateli, Misiel Marzigie, Chryssoula Labropoulou-Karatza, Konstantinos Thomopoulos, Theodoros Petsas, Christina Kalogeropoulou

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Changes in serum transforming growth factor-Î²1 levels in chronic hepatitis C patients under antiviral therapy

Ioanna Kotsiri, Emilia Hadziyannis, Anastasia Georgiou, Maria-Vasiliki Papageorgiou, Ioannis Vlachogiannakos, George Papatheodoridis

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ASGE guidelines result in cost-saving in the management of choledocholithiasis

Gaurav Singhvi, Rajiv Ampara, Joel Baum, Vivek Gumaste

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Images of the Month

Visible vessel in diverticular bleeding: a rare sighting

Kevin Cowley, Whitney H. Jennings, Chad Burski, Michael Passarella

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Gastrointestinal pseudomelanosis

Abhijeet Waghray, Nina George, Nisheet Waghray

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Endoscopic detection of a potentially dangerous large vessel coursing through a walled-off pancreatic necrosis

Surinder S. Rana, Ravi Sharma, Deepak K. Bhasin

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Case Reports

Histological findings of divided muscle after peroral endoscopic myotomy

Hironari Shiwaku, Haruhiro Inoue, Satoshi Nimura, Kanefumi Yamashita, Toshihiro Ohmiya, Shinsuke Takeno, Takamitsu Sasaki, Yuichi Yamashita

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Wilson's disease in an adult asymptomatic patient: a potential role for modifying factors of copper metabolism

Georgios Loudianos, Simona Incollu, Eva Mameli, Maria B. Lepori

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Letter to the Editor

Potential impact of Helicobacter pylori-related human Î²-defensin-1 on hepatic encephalopathy and neurodegeneration

Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos, Stergios A. Polyzos, Georgia Deretzi

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The role of stomach in neurological disorders: 1000 years historical background

Arman Zargaran, Hosein Rezaeizadeh

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Table of contents

Editorial (by invitation only)

Guidelines

Invited Reviews

Review Article

Original Articles

Images of the Month

Case Reports

Letter to the Editor