Paediatric Crohn Disease: Disease Activity and Growth in the BELCRO Cohort After 3 Years Follow-up

The Belgian registry for paediatric Crohn disease (BELCRO) cohort is a prospective, multicentre registry. None of the variables such as age, sex diagn...

Hepatitis-B Vaccine Response in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Data on efficacy of hepatitis-B vaccine (HBV) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is limited. We searched several databases to identify...

Prophylactic somatostatin can reduce incidence of post-ERCP pancreatitis: multicenter randomized controlled trial

Somatostatin may inhibit pancreatic secretion and has been tested for PEP prophylaxis. No perforation or death occurred during the study. The aim of t...

Intensive Enteral Nutrition Is Ineffective for Patients With Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Treated With Corticosteroids

No significant difference between groups in 6-month cumulative mortality. Patients with a daily calorie intake less than 21.5 kcal/kg/day died more th...

Prevalence of small-bowel neoplasia in Lynch syndrome assessed by video capsule endoscopy

Small-bowel neoplasia can be detected by video capsule endoscopy (VCE) 200 patients with Lynch syndrome (LS) aged 35-70 years were included in the stu...

Conventional versus traction-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric neoplasms: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial (with video)

The study was to clarify whether dental floss clip (DFC) traction improves the technical outcomes of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) A superior...

Hood colonoscopy in trainees: a useful adjunct to improve the performance

Hood colonoscopy might represent a useful adjunct to standard colonoscopes, especially improving the performance of endoscopic trainees. No difference...