BACKGROUND Acute cholangitis(AC)constitutes an infection with increased mortality rates in the past.Due to new diagnostic tools and therapeutic methods,the mortality of AC has been significantly reduced nowadays.The i...
BACKGROUND The Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy basic skills in colonoscopy(BSC) course was introduced in 2009 to improve colonoscopy training within the United Kingdom, but its impact on trainee per...
AIM To investigate second primary malignancy(SPM) risk after radiotherapy in rectal cancer survivors METHODS We used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database to identify rectal cancer patients between 1996...
AIM:To evaluate the outcome of chronic hepatitis B(CHB)in children with or without malignancies.METHODS:Twenty four children(15 boys and 9 girls)with malignancies,followed up by the pediatric gastroenterology outpatie...
In Western countries, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) may represent a valuable alternative to deceased donor liver transplantation. Yet, after an initial peak of enthusiasm, reports of high rates of complica...
Crohn’s disease (CD) is a multifactorial potentially debilitating disease. It has a variable disease course, but the majority of patients eventually develop penetrating or stricturing complications leading to ...
Supported by Unrestricted research grant by Schering-Plough Hungary/MSD to Lakatos PL and Lakatos L
AIM:To analyze the difference in disease course and need for surgery in patients with Crohn’s disease(CD).METHODS:Data of 506 patients with incident CD were analyzed(age at diagnosis:31.5±13.8 years).Both hospital a...
Supported by Semmelweis University Regional and Institutional Committee of Science and Research Ethics and the Csolnoky F Province Hospital Institutional Committee of Science and Research Ethics
AIM:To investigate the evolution of disease phenotypein adult and pediatric onset Crohn's disease(CD) populations,diagnosed between 1977 and 2008.METHODS:Data of 506 incident CD patients were analyzed(age at diagnosis...
Inflammatory bowel diseases(IBDs) are characterized by a chronic course with an alternation of relapses and remissions.Questions about prognosis are important for the patient who wants to know how the disease will aff...
Patients with extensive or complicated Crohn's disease(CD) at diagnosis should be treated straightaway with immunosuppressive therapy according to the most recent guidelines.In patients with localized and uncomplicate...