Background Patients with Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a high prevalence of depression. Gut microbiota dysbiosis has been reported to play an important role in IBD and depression. However, few ...

We read with great interest the study published by Boxhoorn et al , comparing lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS) versus double-pigtail plastic stents (DPPS) for treatment of infected necrotising ...

Objectives We aimed to determine whether changes in acute severe colitis (ASC) management have translated to improved outcomes and to develop a simple model predicting steroid non-response on ...

Background and aims A previous study of ours indicated that enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2) plays an important role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumorigenesis. The aim of the present study ...

Objectives Perforation is the most serious complication associated with endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). We propose a new classification for the appearance and integrity of the muscularis propria ...

8 European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure (EF CLIF), Barcelona, Spain Background Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) of various aetiologies is a complex syndrome with high ...

The integration of advanced endoscopy within the practice of hepatology is nowadays heralded in the concept of ‘endohepatology’ and is dichotomised in applications intervening for disorders of the ...

We read with great interest the recent article by Tseng et al evaluating hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels as a ...

Objective Studies reported a significant association between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, whether this risk changes with ...

Background Steatotic liver disease-related hepatocellular carcinoma (SLD-HCC), a rising global challenge, is characterised by ...

The suitability and tolerability of oats has been a long-standing controversy in the management of coeliac disease (CD). In ...

Objective The two major histological types of oesophageal cancer—adenocarcinoma (AC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)—are known to differ greatly in terms of risk factors and epidemiology. To date, ...