Editorial

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Original Article

Predictors for Treatment Failure of Self-Expandable Metal Stents for Anastomotic Leak after Gastro-Esophageal Resection

Wolfram Bohle, Ioannis Louris, Andre Schaudt, Joerg Koeninger, Wolfram G. Zoller

145-149

Portal Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Significantly Increase the Risk of Early Unplanned Readmissions in GAVE- Related Admissions

Lauren Pioppo, Abhishek Bhurwal, Hemant Raj Mutneja, Puru Rattan, Debashis Reja, Augustine Tawadros, Anish Patel, Vinod Rustgi

151-157

Molecular Signature of Persistent Histological Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis with Mucosal Healing

Mircea Manuc, Elena Mirela Ionescu, Elena Milanesi, Maria Dobre, Ioana Tieranu, Teodora Ecaterina Manuc, Mircea Mihai Diculescu, Carmen Monica Preda, Cristian George Tieranu, Gabriel Becheanu

159-166

Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia during Immunosuppressive Treatment in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: A Retrospective Study

Kentaro Kojima, Toshiyuki Sato, Motoi Uchino, Yoko Yokoyama, Tetsuya Takagawa, Yoshio Ohda, Nobuyuki Hida, Kenji Watanabe, Kazutoshi Hori, Hiroto Miwa, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Shiro Nakamura, Masahito Shimizu

167-173

Correlation of Metabolic Risk Factors with Sessile Serrated Lesions

Melania Macarie, Simona Bataga, Simona Mocan, Monica Pantea, Razvan Opaschi, Septimiu Voidazan, Ioan Macarie

175-179

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pharmacologic Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: an Umbrella Systematic Review

Min Chen, Tai-Chun Tang, Di Qin, Ling Yue, Hui Zheng

199-209

The Association between Periodontitis and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Karn Wijarnpreecha, Panadeekarn Panjawatanan, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Frank J Lukens, Denise M Harnois, Surakit Pungpapong, Patompong Ungprasert

211-217

Reviews

Multi-target Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome with STW 5: Pharmacological Modes of Action

Hans-Dieter Allescher, Rebecca Burgell, Peter Malfertheiner, Fermin Mearin

227-233

Identification of Patients with Advanced Fibrosis Due to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Considerations for Best Practice

Salvador Augustin, Aijaz Ahmed, Naim Alkhouri, Ali Canbay, Lynsey Corless, Atsushi Nakajima, Takeshi Okanoue, Salvatore Petta, Vlad Ratziu, Emmanuel A Tsochatzis, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Manuel Romero-Gómez

235-245

Case Reports

The Coexistence of RAS and BRAF Mutations in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review

Vlad-Adrian Afrăsânie, Bogdan Gafton, Mihai Vasile Marinca, Teodora Alexa-Stratulat, Lucian Miron, Cristina Rusu, Anca-Viorica Ivanov, Gheorghe G Balan, Adina-Emilia Croitoru

251-256

An Uncommon Focal Liver Lesion: Intrahepatic Splenosis

Vito Sansone, Lorenzo Falsetti, Francesco Tovoli, Rita Golfieri, Matteo Cescon; Fabio Piscaglia

257-262

COVID-19 in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis

Edita Kreivenaite, Rolandas Gedgaudas, Irena Valantiene, Aukse Mickiene, Juozas Kupcinskas

263-266

Letters

Single nucleotide polymorphisms in PRSS1 and CASR genes are associated with chronic pancreatitis in North-Eastern region of India

Bishnupriya Chhatriya, Suman Kalyan Paine, Sanchita Das, Ankita Chatterjee, Debashis Nath, Ankur Mukherjee, Analabha Basu, Srikanta Goswami

267-268

Fat droplets on direct cholangioscopy

Vincent Zimmer, Frank Lammert

269-270

Sustained virological response following an 11-day course of direct acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C infection

David Yardeni, Vitali Dizengof, Anat Nevo-Shor, Naim Abufreha, Harel Dahari, Ohad Etzion

270-270

Homocysteine in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: seemingly a paradox revisited

Stergios A Polyzos, Apostolis Papaefthymiou, Michael Doulberis, Panagiotis Katsinelos, Jannis Kountouras

270-271

Inaction on IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase positivity

William Shanahan, Jayne Shanahan

271-272

Reply

Annalisa Schiepatti, David S Sanders

272-273

Challenges of pancreatic cancer chemotherapy in the COVID-19 era

Radu Vidra, Raluca Bodea, Voicu Mercea, Adina Nemes

273-275

Romanian SNG corner

Recent Data on Irritable Bowel Syndrome from some Central and East European Countries

Dan L Dumitrascu, Alexandru Babin, Dmitry S Bordin, Jozef Czimmer, Andryi Dorofeyev, Adelina Galica, Goran Hauser, Radislav Nakov, Snezana Lukic, Agata Mulak, Mirzabey Rustamov, Meri Trajkovska, Vasile L Drug

247-250