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The Incremental Benefit of Dye Chromoendoscopy Compared to High-Definition White Light and Virtual Chromoendoscopy for Lesion Assessment and Prediction of Submucosal Invasion

The identification of a demarcated area (DA), where a regular microvascular or pit pattern appears disordered, is a fundamental principle of optical evaluation and can predict the presence of submucosal invasive cancer (SMIC) in large (≥20 mm) nonpedunculated colorectal polyps (LNPCP)…

Prof Asbjørn Mohr Drewes

Congress Interview: Prof Asbjørn Mohr Drewes

It was coincidental as I was originally in training as a rheumatologist, but during a stay at the department of gastroenterology, I became fascinated…

Congress Interview: Prof Laurent Castera

As a founding member of UEG, the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) has a liver representative within the council…

Interview: Dr Radislav Nakov

As a medical student, I was fascinated by gastroenterology because it combines the intelligence of internal medicine and the boldness of surgery…

Editor's Pick: Cachexia in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancers: Contributing Factors, Prevention, and Current Management Approaches

Cancer cachexia is highly prevalent among patients with the advanced stages of cancers, affecting an estimated 12 million people worldwide and…

Stem Cell Therapies: A Review of Current Therapeutic Approach for Inflammation-Associated Sigmoid Colon Diseases

Chronic inflammation is the single major contributor to the pathogenesis of sigmoid colon inflammatory diseases such as segmental colitis associated disease and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

That Gut Feeling: The Role of Inflammatory Cytokines in Depression Among Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

There is mounting evidence of an associative link between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and clinical depression…

An Overview of Novel and Emerging Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease, consisting of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, causes chronic gastrointestinal symptoms and can lead to morbidity and mortality if uncontrolled or untreated.

Pneumoperitoneum, Pneumothorax, and Pneumoretroperitoneum Post Colonoscopy: A Case report and Review of Literature

Colonic perforation post colonoscopy is rarely seen; however, when coupled with massive pneumoperitoneum in haemodynamically stable patients,

Achalasia Cardia: A Comprehensive Review

Achalasia cardia is the best characterised oesophageal motility disorder. It is characterised by progressive ganglion cell degeneration in the oesophageal myenteric plexus, which results in impaired lower oesophageal sphincter (LES) relaxation upon swallowing and aperistalsis in the distal smooth muscle segment of the oesophagus.