Editorial
Endoscopy units – Statu quo
497-499
Carlos Dolz Abadía,
Local management of a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit is usually conditioned by its physical structure and its provision of both technical and human resources. It often involves a legacy of guidelines...
Original
Is there a possible relationship between gastric intestinal metaplasia and systemic arterial stiffness?
500-506
Ufuk Kutluana, Ayse Guldem Kilciler,
Background and aim: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is closely associated with pre-neoplastic lesions such as atrophic gastritis (AG) and gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM). The relationshionship between...
Original
Effect of conscious sedation with midazolam and fentanyl on the overall quality of colonoscopy: a prospective and randomized study
507-513
Juan Salvador Baudet, Armando Aguirre-Jaime,
Introduction: a prospective, randomized study was performed to assess the influence of conscious sedation on the overall quality of colonoscopy, simultaneously quantifying its effect on the scientific...
Original
Prognostic influence of CDX2 expression in gastric carcinoma after surgery with a curative intent
514-518
Lourdes Estrada Muñoz, Soledad García Gómez de las Heras, Cristina Díaz del Arco, María Angeles Cerón Nieto, Jesús Chicharro Uriguen, María Jesús Fernández Aceñero,
Introduction and objectives: CDX2 is a specific transcription factor with a significant role in the early differentiation and maintenance of intestinal epithelial cells during gastrointestinal development...
Original
A teaching project on rectal cancer and concentration of procedures: a comparison of oncological results between Catalonia and the rest of autonomous communities
519-529
Antonio Codina Cazador, Sebastiano Biondo, Eloy Espín Basany, José María Enríquez Navascues, Eduardo Garcia Granero, José Vicente Roig Vila, María Buxó,
Introduction: the goal of this study was to compare the oncological results (local recurrence, metastasis and overall survival) obtained by the Proyecto Docente del Cáncer de Recto of the Spanish Association...
Original
Influence of demographic and clinical features of the patient on transit times and impact the on the diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy
530-536
Juan Egea Valenzuela, Ana Sánchez Martínez, Ana Victoria García Marín, Fernando Alberca de las Parras,
Background: transit times in the gastric cavity and the small bowel can be easily calculated using capsule endoscopy software. The factors that can influence these times and impact on diagnostic yield...
Original
The predictive factors of gastric cancer recurrence after the completion of adjuvant chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer
537-542
Yeon-Ji Kim, Woo Chul Chung, Gun Jung Youn, Kyong-Hwa Jun, Hyung-Min Chin,
Objective: the administration of adjuvant chemotherapy after a curative resection is accepted as the standard treatment to improve the prognosis of advanced gastric cancer. Nevertheless, the prognosis...
Original
Short and long-term outcomes of underwater EMR compared to the traditional procedure in the real clinical practice
543-549
Joaquín Rodríguez Sánchez, Hugo Uchima Koecklin, Lucía González López, Miriam Cuatrecasas, Eva de la Santa Belda, Pilar Olivencia Palomar, Carlos Sánchez García, Mónica Sánchez Alonso, José Ramón Muñoz Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Gómez Romero, Bartolomé López Viedma, Ana Belén Agarrabeitia, José Olmedo Camacho, Eduardo Albéniz Arbizu,
Background and aims: underwater endoscopic mucosal resection (U-EMR) has been recently described as an alternative to endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for flat colorectal polyps. However, the real applications...
Original
The contribution of telemedicine to hepatitis C elimination in a correctional facility
550-555
Germán Jiménez Galán, Carlos Alia Alia, Milagros Vegue González, Rosa M.ª García Berriguete, Francisco Fernández González, Conrado M. Fernández Rodríguez, Mario González Fernández, María Luisa Gutiérrez García, Juan Emilio Losa, María Velasco, Leonor Moreno, Rafael Hervás, Alberto Delgado-Iribarren, Gregorio Palacios García-Cervigón,
Background: micro-elimination has been recently proposed as an efficient strategy to achieve global hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination. The Spanish Health Ministry Strategic Plan for hepatitis C infection...
Special Article
The current situation of digestive endoscopy units in the Valencian Community
556-562
Juan Martínez, José Ramón Aparicio, Andrés Peña, Juan A. Casellas, Juan Martínez on behalf of Sociedad Valenciana de Patología Digestiva*,
* Sociedad Valenciana de Patología Digestiva: Juan Martínez
Introduction and objectives: in view of the advances made over the past few years, digestive endoscopy units must adapt to an increased demand and the development of novel techniques. However, the actual...
Digestive Diseases Image
A rare solitary duodenum plasmacytoma
563
Nan-Nan Wang, Shu-Qing Ou, Jun Yao, De-Feng Li,
Multiple myeloma (MM) is typical of uncontrolled and clonal growth of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow, then leads to primary symptoms related to bone narrow infiltration and destruction bone...
Digestive Diseases Image
Cumbersome removal of an endoscopic nasobiliary drainage tube
564-565
Zhi-Jie Wang, Shi-Yu Li, Yu Bai, Dong Wang,
A 74-year-old male with acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis due to common bile duct stones (CDBS) underwent an urgent endoscopic biliary decompression. A 7 F endoscopic nasobiliary drainage (ENBD)...
Case Report
EUS-guided drainage of postsurgical pelvic abscesses using lumen-apposing metal stents
566-568
Eduardo López Fernández, Rafael Ruiz Zorrilla, María Curieses Luengo, Aránzazu Álvarez Álvarez, Cristóbal de la Coba Ortiz,
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided drainage of pelvic collections is an alternative to percutaneous or surgical drainage. We present our experience using lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) for the drainage...
Case Report
Pancreatobiliary maljunction: association with gallbladder cancer
568-570
Marta Garzón Benavides, Andrea Núñez Ortiz, Teófilo López Ruiz, Carmen Cepeda Franco, Lourdes Gómez Izquierdo,
Background: Pancreatobiliary maljunction is a rare disease characterized by the junction of the pancreatic and biliary ducts outside of the duodenal wall, which normally results in a large common duct....
Research letter
Segmental arterial mediolysis in splanchnic arteries: an uncommon cause of abdominal pain
571
José Francisco Sánchez Melgarejo, Tania Fernández Llamas, José Antonio Pons Miñano,
Segmental arterial mediolysis is an uncommon arterial disease that primarily involves splanchnic arteries; abdominal pain is the most common clinical manifestation. We report the case of a 53-year-old...
Research letter
Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the stomach: a rare case report
571-572
Javier Tejedor Tejada, Henar Núñez Rodríguez, Diego González González,
Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of stomach is a rare disease. There are fewer than 100 cases published in the literatura. The pathogenesis remains to be elucidated and the prognosis is poor. In the...
Research letter
Surgical management of familial adenomatous polyposis: pancreas-sparing duodenectomy or pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure)
572-573
Juan Ocaña Jiménez, Adolfo López Buenadicha, Javier Nuño Vázquez-Garza,
Duodenal cancer is the main cause of death for patients with FAP syndrome (familial adenomatous polyposis) treated with a colectomy. The disease follows the adenoma to carcinoma sequence and is diagnosed...
Research letter
Improving the diagnosis of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
574-575
Guillermo Burillo Putze, Ana Teresa Darias-Acosta, Ángeles López-Hernández,
Two recent publications in this journal regarding cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) reflect a common fact in the clinical practice. Although the syndrome is increasingly well-known, patients still...
Research letter
Intestinal infection leads to hepatic portal venous gas.
574-575
Biao Zhang, Yi Song, Jin Zhao,
Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is a rare imaging features, we report a case of HPVG induced by intestinal infection.
Research letter
Secondary aortoduodenal fistula with the presentation of gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report
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Javier Tejedor-Tejada, Henar Núñez Rodríguez, Liliana Domingo,
Secondary Aorto-enteric fistula (SAEF) is a communication between the aorta and the intestines which occurs in a setting prior aortic surgery such as abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA) repairing. Gastrointestinal...