Volume 29, No 2 (2016)

Editorial (by invitation only)

Pancreatic surgery in the elderly: overcoming the prejudices

Christos Agalianos, Christos Dervenis

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Special Article

Clinical practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of rectal cancer: a consensus statement of the Hellenic Society of Medical Oncologists (HeSMO)

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

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Invited Reviews

Use of biologics and chemotherapy in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and cancer

Aranzazu Jauregui-Amezaga, SÃ©verine Vermeire, Hans Prenen

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Optimizing bowel preparation for colonoscopy: a guide to enhance quality of visualization

Matthew L. Bechtold, Fazia Mir, Srinivas R. Puli, Douglas L. Nguyen

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Review Articles

Clostridium difficile infection: a review of current and emerging therapies

Andrew Ofosu

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Cystic lesions of the pancreas

Ioannis Karoumpalis, Dimitrios K. Christodoulou

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided placement of the lumen-apposing self-expandable metallic stent for gallbladder drainage: a promising technique

Rashmee Patil, Mel A. Ona, Charilaos Papafragkakis, Sury Anand, Sushil Duddempudi

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided placement of AXIOS stent for drainage of pancreatic fluid collections

Rashmee Patil, Mel A. Ona, Charilaos Papafragkakis, Sury Anand, Sushil Duddempudi

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Original Articles

Do patients with lactose intolerance exhibit more frequent comorbidities than patients without lactose intolerance? An analysis of routine data from German medical practices

Rebecca Schiffner, Karel Kostev, Holger Gothe

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Distinct features of circulating microparticles and their relationship with disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease

Evangelos Voudoukis, Eleni-Kyriaki Vetsika, Konstantina Giannakopoulou, Konstantinos Karmiris, Angeliki Theodoropoulou, Aekaterini Sfridaki, Vassilis Georgoulias, Gregorios A. Paspatis, Ioannis E. Koutroubakis

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Long-term patient satisfaction of gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures

Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Maria Triantafyllou, Xhoela Ndini, Anastasia Melissaratou, Giannis-Aimant Moustafa, Eleni Xanthopoulou, Georgios Tziatzios, Georgia Vlachonikolou, Vasilios Papadopoulos, Evdoxos Pantelakis, Chrysoula Malli, George D. Dimitriadis

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Bowel preparation in "real-life" small bowel capsule endoscopy: a two-center experience

Amir Klein, Marianna Dashkovsky, Ian Gralnek, Ravit Peled, Yehuda Chowers, Iyad Khamaysi, Ofir Har-Noy, Idan Levy, Moshe Nadler, Rami Eliakim, Uri Kopylov

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The significance of platelet microparticles in patients with chronic hepatitis C and their association with antiviral treatment and smoking

Theoni Kanellopoulou, Alexandra Alexopoulou, Flora N. Kontopidou, Polidoros Konstantinides, George V. Papatheodoridis

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Nucleos(t)ide analogues for the prevention of hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantation do not affect serum phosphorus levels

Emmanouil Sinakos, Nikolaos Antoniadis, Ioannis Goulis, Evangelos Cholongitas, Stefania Kiapidou, Ekaterini Tsakni, Themistoklis Vasiliadis, Vassilios Papanikolaou, Evangelos Akriviadis

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Hypocalcemic tetany: a simple bedside marker of poor outcome in acute pancreatitis

Puneet Chhabra, Surinder S. Rana, Vishal Sharma, Ravi Sharma, Deepak K. Bhasin

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Safety of pancreatic resection in the elderly: a retrospective analysis of 556 patients

Daniel Ansari, Linus Aronsson, Joakim Fredriksson, Bodil Andersson, Roland Andersson

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Images of the Month

Severe hemorrhagic gastritis after percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement

Abhijeet Waghray, Amy Michel-Calderon, Annette Kyprianou, Nisheet Waghray

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Spontaneous resolution of intramural gastric abscess without treatment

Rintaro Hashimoto, Akimichi Chonan

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Endoscopic closure of colonic perforations using over-the-scope clip: a surgeon-sparing technique

Kinesh Changela, Dhuha Alhankawi, Sury Anand, Mahesh Krishnaiah

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Through-the-scope endoscopic balloon dilatation of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced diaphragm-like colonic stricture

Mel A. Ona, Rashmee Patil, Denzil Etienne, Sindhura Kolli, Madhavi Reddy

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Case Reports

A rare case of Burkitt's lymphoma of the duodenal bulb

Joana Rita Carvalho, LuÃs Carrilho-Ribeiro, Alexandra Zagalo, FÃ¡bio Cota Medeiros, Cristina Ferreira, JosÃ© Velosa

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Idelalisib: a rare cause of enterocolitis

Harika Balagoni, Dhara Chaudhari, Chakradhar Reddy, Mark Young

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