Gastroenterology

Patients undergoing screening for colorectal cancer tend to prefer colonoscopy versus computed tomography colonography (CTC); and for those undergoing colonoscopy, the tolerability of bowel preparation is associated with improved polyp and adenoma detection.

Hormone replacement therapy and oral contraceptives increase the risk of developing ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), respectively.

An endoscopic gastrointestinal bypass procedure using self-assembling micro-magnets (Self Assembling MagnetS for ENdoscopy [SAMSEN]) can be used to safely create anastomoses in pigs, using only conscious sedation and with a total procedure time of less than 30 minutes.

Screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy correlates with significant reductions in the incidence of distal and proximal colorectal cancer and in distal colorectal cancer mortality

Melissa Bagloo, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, talks about examples of diabetes, saying that some patients with the disease are able to come off their medications only days after weight loss surgery.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes significantly increase the risk of new pressure ulcers and do not promote the healing of existing pressure ulcers in nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment.

Compared to whites, Hispanic and black patients have an increased prevalence of adenomas and an increased risk of advanced adenomas.

The use of beta blockers is not associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC).

Multivisceral ex vivo surgery can successfully remove invasive abdominal tumors previously deemed unresectable due to location and vascular involvement.

Dr. Marc Bessler talks about medical treatment for weight loss isn't effective because there is currently no way to manage appetite well enough, but surgery can have effects that permanently change a patient's hunger.

The concentration of Bacteroides fragilis (B. fragilis) group bacteria and protein intake are associated with obesity in childhood.

Following bariatric surgery, there is a noticeable improvement seen in menstrual dysfunction and signs of hyperandrogenism.

For patients with diverse pathologies who undergo endoscopic ultrasonography with fine-needle aspiration, adding fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) detection methods to conventional cytology improves the sensitivity of cytology alone for detection of neoplastic lesions.

A Western-style diet is associated with increased levels of endotoxin activity (endotoxemia), and a prudent-style diet (containing moderately greater amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin C, and vitamin E than the Western-style diet) is linked to reduced endotoxemia.

For women with uncomplicated stress incontinence, preoperative office evaluation alone is noninferior to urodynamic testing with respect to success of treatment at one year.

Patients with compensated cirrhosis, defined by a Child-Pugh (CP) score of <8, have no significant increase in postoperative mortality and morbidity following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease with a history of esophagitis are at increased risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma, although the absolute risk is low.

For morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery is more efficacious than conventional medical treatment, leading to improvement or remission of diabetes and associated comorbidities.

The administration of a single 600-mg dose of albendazole to United States-bound refugees prior to departure from Africa and Southeast Asia reduces the prevalence of intestinal nematodes.

For patients taking cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors (coxibs), low adherence to gastroprotective agents (GPAs) increases the risk of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) complications.