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Therapeutic strategies for stricturing Crohn's disease in childhood: a systematic review

Childhood stricturing Crohn's disease (CD) has significant morbidity. Interventions including resection, stricturoplasty and endoscopic balloon dilata...

Surgical Management of Idiopathic Perianal Fistulas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Perianal fistula is a common colorectal condition with an incidence of 9 per 100,000. No clear consensus exists as to what is the gold standard approa...

Characterization of Mucosal Lesions in Crohn's Disease Scored With Capsule Endoscopy: A Systematic Review

There is little agreement on the nomenclature and description of Crohn's disease (CD) lesions that can be found in the small and large bowel using cap...

Respiratory Tract Infections in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Taking Vedolizumab: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Vedolizumab is used to treat Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcera...

Upper gastrointestinal mucosal injury associated with ticagrelor plus aspirin, ticagrelor alone, or aspirin alone at 1-year after coronary artery bypass grafting

The presence and severity of upper gastrointestinal mucosal lesions have not been evaluated using esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in patients receivi...

Optimal Timing of Feeding After Endoscopic Hemostasis in Patients With Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: A Randomized, Noninferiority Trial (CRIS KCT0001019)

This study was a randomized, single center, noninferiority trial. Consecutive patients with peptic ulcer bleeding were randomized to resume feeding ei...

Systematic review and meta-analysis: monopolar hemostatic forceps with soft coagulation in the treatment of peptic ulcer bleeding

Monopolar hemostatic forceps with soft coagulation (MHFSC) have been compared with other modalities for peptic ulcer bleeding treatment. MHFSC was sup...

Timing of Endoscopy for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

It is recommended that patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding undergo endoscopy within 24 hours after gastroenterologic consultation. We...

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