Objective:In this meta-analysis,we conducted a pooled analysis of clinical studies comparing Linear Stapled(LS) versus C......

BACKGROUND The inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor(IMT)is a rare,idiopathic,usually benign,mass-forming disease with myof......

AIM: To investigate whether NSAIDs/ASA lesions in the colon can histologically be diagnosed on the basis of ischemic nec......

AIM:To evaluate the clinical outcome of enteroscopy, using the double-balloon method, focusing on the involvement of neo......

AIM:To compare endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography(ERCP),intraductal ultrasound(IDUS),endosonography(EUS),en......

BACKGROUND Focal intrahepatic strictures(FIHS)refer to local strictures of the small and medium intrahepatic bile ducts.......

AIM:To report the largest patient cohort study investigating the diagnostic yield of intraductal ultrasound (IDUS) in in......

AIM To evaluate the accuracy and best cut-off value of fecal calprotectin(FC) and fecal lactoferrin(FL) to predict disea......

AIM:To evaluate the incidence of late biliary complications in non-resectable alveolar echinococcosis(AE)under long-term......

Despite advances in surgical techniques, benign biliary strictures after living donor liver transplantation （LDLT）remain a......

【正】Orthotopic liver transplantation ( OLT) has evolved over the last forty years from an experimental endeavor to sta......

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AIM:To evaluate short- and long-term efficacy of endoscopic balloon dilation in a cohort of consecutive patients with sy......

Biodegradable stents(BDSs)are an attractive option to avoid ongoing dilation or surgery in patients with benign stenoses......

AIM: To develop a new rat model we wanted to gain a better understanding of stricture formation in Crohn’s disease(CD).......

BACKGROUND The caustic ingestion continues to be a major problem worldwide especially in developing countries.The long-t......

目的 探讨输尿管良性狭窄的介入治疗方法及疗效。方法对19例患者20处输尿管良性狭窄病变行球囊扩张并放置双猪尾输尿管支架。结果1......

BACKGROUND Current research has identified several risk factors for refractory benign esophageal strictures (RBES), but ......

Esophageal strictures are a problem frequently encountered by gastroenterologists. Dilation has been the customary treat......

Biliary fully covered self-expanding metal stents (FCSEMS) are now being used to treat several benign biliary conditions......

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a common gastrointestinal illness, which affects the quality of life with substantial morbi......

The use of self-expandable metallic stents has increased recently to palliate inoperable esophageal neoplasia and also i......

Hilar biliary strictures are caused by various benign andmalignant conditions. It is difficult to differentiate benignan......

Synchronous biliary and duodenal malignant obstruction is a challenging endoscopic scenario in patients affected with am......

Objectives: The main steps for physiologic type reconstruction in 50 complicated corrosive strictures of upper alimentar......

Background and Aim: Determination of the etiology of proximal biliary strictures (PBS) still remains a challenge. Even t......

Benign esophageal strictures refractory to the conventionalballoon or bougie dilatation may be subjected to variousadjun......

Benign biliary strictures comprise a heterogeneous groupof diseases. The most common strictures amenableto endoscopic tr......

AIM To investigate the role of a novel minimally invasive endoscopic technique in the management of tight neartotal corr......

Malignant biliary strictures often present late after the window for curative resection has elapsed. In such patients, t......

AIM: To study whether transfer of blood between the right gastroepiploic artery and gastroduodenal artery could lessens ......

Endoscopic stenting has become a widely method forthe management of various malignant and benignpancreatico-biliary diso......

Biliary stricture complicating living donor liver transplantation(LDLT)is a relatively common complication,occurring in ......

Biliary complications are common after living donor liver transplant(LDLT) although with advancements in surgical unders......

Advances in stents design have led to a substantialincrease in the use of stents for a variety of digestivediseases. Ini......

AIM: To compare diagnostic sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography(MRCP) wi......

Select group of patients with concurrent esophageal and gastric stricturing secondary to corrosive intake requires colon......

AIM:To investigate the use of Savary-Gilliard marked dilators in tight esophageal strictures without fluoros-copy. METHO......

In recent years,self-expandable metal stents(SEMSs)have been employed to treat benign gastrointestinal strictures second......

A new procedure known as mid-colon esophagocoloplasty for corrosive esophageal strictures is described.This has been use......

Biliary complications play a significant role in morbidity of liver transplant recipients. Biliary strictures occur betw......

Endoscopic transpapillary brush cytology and forceps biopsy during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatology are gene......

The expanded indications of partial grafts in pediatric liver transplantation have reduced waiting list mortality. Howev......

Tracheobronchial balloon dilation and stent placement have been well used in the treatment of patients with benign and/o......