World journal of gastroenterology : WJG
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To investigate national trends in distal pancreatectomy (DP) through query of three national patient care databases. ⋯ There appears to be an overall underutilization of laparoscopy for DP. Centralization does not appear to be occurring. Survival and lymph node harvest have not changed.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Aug 2012
How many cases of laryngopharyngeal reflux suspected by laryngoscopy are gastroesophageal reflux disease-related?
To investigate the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with a laryngoscopic diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). ⋯ MII-pH analysis confirmed GERD diagnosis in less than 40% of patients with previous diagnosis of LPR, most likely because of the low specificity of the laryngoscopic findings.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Aug 2012
Multicenter StudyAdalimumab in prevention of postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease in high-risk patients.
To evaluate the effectiveness of adalimumab in preventing recurrence after intestinal resection for Crohn's disease in high-risk patients. ⋯ Adalimumab seems to be effective and safe in preventing postoperative recurrence in a selected group of patients who had undergone an intestinal resection for their CD.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Aug 2012
Comparative StudyColometer: a real-time quality feedback system for screening colonoscopy.
To investigate the performance of a new software-based colonoscopy quality assessment system. ⋯ The results from a novel automated real-time colonoscopy quality feedback system strongly agreed with the endoscopists' quality assessments. Further study is required to validate this approach.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Aug 2012
Prevalence of functional dyspepsia and its subgroups in patients with eating disorders.
To study the prevalence of functional dyspepsia (FD) (Rome III criteria) across eating disorders (ED), obese patients, constitutional thinner and healthy volunteers. ⋯ PDS is common in eating disorders. Is it mandatory in outpatient gastroenterological clinics to investigate eating disorders in patients with PDS?