Quality Improvement in Gastroenterology: A Systematic Review of Practical Interventions for Clinicians
A review of quality improvement literature in gastroenterology revealed common themes of successful programs. Education was frequently used but often...
Intestinal Sulfation is Essential to Protect Against Colitis and Colonic Carcinogenesis
Sulfation is a conjugation reaction essential for numerous biochemical and cellular functions in mammals. The lower expression of PAPSS2 in colon canc...
Increasing Rates of Opioid Prescriptions for Gastrointestinal Diseases in the United States
Pain control is an important management approach for many gastrointestinal conditions. Opioid prescription rates for the gastrointestinal disease incr...
Sequential endoscopist-driven phone calls improve the capture rate of adverse events after ERCP: a prospective study
ERCP is a high-risk endoscopic procedure, yet reports of ERCP-related adverse events are largely limited to early adverse events based on immediate po...
Salvage endoscopic resection after definitive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer: a Western experience
Definitive chemoradiotherapy is increasingly used as a nonsurgical treatment for esophageal cancer. Salvage endoscopic resection has emerged as a prom...
Outcomes of radiofrequency ablation by manual versus self-sizing circumferential balloon catheters for the treatment of dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus: a multicenter comparative cohort study
Radiofrequency ablation is the preferred ablative modality for treating dysplastic Barrett's esophagus. A self-sizing circumferential ablation cathete...
Prospective development and validation of a volumetric laser endomicroscopy computer algorithm for detection of Barrett’s neoplasia
Volumetric laser endomicroscopy is used to detect Barrett's esophagus (BE) dysplasia. Real-time interpretation of VLE scans is complex and time-consum...
Blown-out myotomy: an adverse event of laparoscopic Heller myotomy and peroral endoscopic myotomy for achalasia
Although laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM) or peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is highly effective,10% to 20% of patients with achalasia remain sympt...
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