BACKGROUND Gastroparesis is a chronic motility disorder characterized by delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction.Patients with refractory gastroparesis often require enteral nutrition support...
The physiology of the central and enteric nervous systems and gastric muscle contributes to the complexities encountered in the research and clinical management of gastroparesis. A wide range of prescription drugs tar...
Diabetic gastrointestinal neuropathy is a diabetes-related complication,associated with a complex interplay of hyperglycemic damage,autoimmune responses,oxidative stress,gastrointestinal hormones,and vascular insuffic...
We comment on the article by Jia et al,in the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.We focus mainly on the factors that impair gastric motility and cause gastric retention in the pre-operative setting of endoscopi...
BACKGROUND Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists(GLP-1 RA)are effective in diabetes and obesity,reducing hyperglycemia by increasing insulin release and delaying gastric emptying.However,they can cause gastropares...
Background: Gastroparesis is one of the complications of diabetes mellitus, and long-term gastroparesis seriously affects patients quality of life. Most of the patients can be relieved after lifestyle improvement and ...
Gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy(G-POME)is an emerging minimally invasive endoscopic technique involving the establishment of a submucosal tun-nel around the pyloric sphincter.In 2013,Khashab et al used G-POME for t...
Introduction Gastroparesis(GP)is a chronic disorder characterized by delayed gastric emptying without any mechanical obstruction of the gastric outlet.Patients with GP often present with postprandial nausea and vomiti...
A 56-year-old man presented to the emergency department after an intentional overdose of oxycodone and ethanol.He was previously opioid-naive with no other medical history.He subsequently developed acute abdominal pai...