Endoscopic management of biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplantationSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 6 - Trang 509-515 - 2003
Deepak V. Gopal, Patrick R. Pfau, Michael R. Lucey
After orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), biliary duct complications can occur in as many as 10% to 35% of patients. In the early medical and surgical literature, surgical therapy was the primary mode of management of biliary tract complications and was the eventual course of operative intervention in up to 70% of cases. However, with recent advances in therapeutic biliary endoscopy, the curre...... hiện toàn bộ
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitisSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 7 - Trang 423-430 - 2004
Brian P. Mulhall, Zobair M. Younossi
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an important medical condition and there is great public health concern related to its increasing incidence and potential implications for the development of end-stage liver disease. NASH represents a progression beyond simple lipid deposition in the liver parenchyma, requiring histologic evidence for hepatocyte injury such as ballooning degeneration, Mallory...... hiện toàn bộ
Psychiatric management of the hepatitis C patientSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 9 - Trang 508-519 - 2006
Muhamad Aly Rifai, David Indest, Jennifer Loftis, Peter Hauser
Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have a higher prevalence of psychiatric illness compared with the general US population, and the prevalence of HCV infection in patients with severe mental illness ranges between 8% and 19%, which is four to nine times that of the general US population (1.8%). Given the association between HCV infection and psychiatric illness, gastroenterologists ar...... hiện toàn bộ
Diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pyloriSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 163-174 - 2005
Mae F. Go
Helicobacter pylori infection remains a ubiquitous infection, especially in populations with poor socioeconomic conditions. Severe clinical outcomes of chronic infection include peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. Consensus meetings have developed guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and management of H. pylori infection and related disorders in various populations. C...... hiện toàn bộ