Background Pancreatic cancer is one of the most common tumors and has a 5-year survival for all stages of less than 5%. Most patients with pancreatic cancer are
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube complications can be serious or life threatening.Retrograde intussusception is a very rare complication of PEG tu
Bronchoesophageal fistulas are usually diagnosed in the neonatal period. As such, the condition is rare in adults.We present a case of a congenital bronchoesoph
AIM: To observe the therapeutic effects of dexamethasone on rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and investigate the influences of dexamethasone on the inf
AIM: To observe whether pancreatic and duodenal homeobox factor-1 enhances the differentiation of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells into insulin-producing cell
Although the etiology of eosinophilic cholecystitis is still obscure, the postulated causes include allergies,parasites, hypereosinophilic syndrome, and eosinop
AIM: To evaluate the efficacy of 5 compared to 10 granulocyteaphaeresis sessions in patients with active steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis.METHODS: In this p
4β-Azido-4-demethyl-4'-O-demethyl-epipodophyllotoxin reacted with phenyliodonium diacetate in MeOH at room temperature to synthesize a novel podophyllotoxin de
AIM: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of a longterm therapy with infliximab in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) patients retrospectively.METH