Gastric cystica profunda(GCP)is an uncommon but underestimated gastric lesion.Its precancerous potential determines its significance.In addition to previous mucosa injury due to operations,biopsy or polypectomy,chroni...
BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is the world’s third most lethal malignancy. Most gastric cancers develop through precancerous states of atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. Two staging systems, operative link for...
Liver transplantation represents a fundamental therapeutic solution to end-stage liver disease. The need for liver allografts has extended the set of criteria for organ acceptability, increasing the risk of adverse ou...
AIM: To assess the predictive value of Operative Link on Gastritis Assessment (OLGA) and Operative Link on Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Assessment (OLGIM) stages in gastric cancer.METHODS: A prospective study was con...
AIM:To identify risk factors of actual appendiceal perforation when computed tomography(CT)scans suggest nonperforated appendicitis and accordingly determine surgical priority.METHODS:We collected database of 1362 pat...
Supported by An AIRC grant from the Veneto Regional Authorities,2009;the"Guido Berlucchi"Foundation;the"Morgagni"Association for Oncological Research (Padova;PD)
AIM:To compare the reliability of gastritis staging sys-tems in ranking gastritis-associated cancer risk in a large series of consecutive patients.METHODS:Gastric mucosal atrophy is the precancer-ous condition in whic...
AIM: To evaluate the ability of contrast-enhanced computerized tomography (CECT) to characterize the nature of peripancreatic collections.METHODS: Twenty five patients with peripancreatic collections on CECT and who u...
Supported by The Multi-disciplinary Treatment Project of Gastrointestinal Tumors,West China Hospital,Sichuan University,China;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),No.30600591
AIM: To evaluate the impact of splenectomy on longterm survival, postoperative morbidity and mortality of patients with gastric cancer by performing a metaanalysis METHODS: A search of electronic databases to identi...
AIM: To evaluate 20 adults with intussusception and to clarify the cause, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of this uncommon entity. METHODS: A retrospective review of patients aged 〉 18 years with a dia...