Background Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a life-threatening syndrome involving dysfunction of multiple immune cell ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has proven effective in assessing bowel preparation adequacy, but its role in guiding personalised laxative dosing is untested. In this prospective, multicentre, ...

Portal venous pressure (PVP) measurement is essential for the management of cirrhosis-related portal hypertension. Unlike indirect assessments using hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) ...

Objective To compare efficacy of pharmacotherapies for chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) based on comparisons to placebo using Bayesian network meta-analysis. Data sources We conducted searches ...

Background —Gut translocation of bacteria has been shown in both animal and human studies. Evidence from animal studies that links bacterial translocation to the development of postoperative sepsis ...

This article has a correction. Please see: Correction:Real-life multicentre study of lumen-apposing metal stent for EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections - October 01, 2022 ...

Objective Serrated lesions such as sessile serrated adenomas or polyps (SSA/Ps) are important colorectal cancer precursors, but aetiological factors for these lesions are largely unknown. We aimed to ...

Background: Symptom relief post pneumatic dilation is traditionally used to assess treatment success in achalasia patients. Recently, we showed that symptom relief and objective oesophageal emptying ...

Objective: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has the advantage over conventional endoscopic mucosa resection, permitting removal of early gastric cancer (EGC) en bloc, but long-term clinical ...

The role of stress in the modulation of the most common gastrointestinal disorders has traditionally been considered a domain of psychology, and has frequently been lumped together with the role of ...

Pepsin in saliva for the diagnosis of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease ...

Background To compare mucosal visibility between upper gastrointestinal endoscopies done with and without a premixed drink containing N acetyl cysteine and simethicone. Methods It was a prospective, ...