Volume 33(4); Jul-Aug 2020

Special Article

Preliminary considerations regarding the risk of COVID-19 and disease severity in chronic gastrointestinal conditions

Matteo Piciucchi, Andrea Sbrozzi-Vanni, Alice Rossi, Alissa Satriano, Iginio Dell’Amico, Vincenzo De Francesco, Angelo Zullo, Raffaele Manta

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 327–329. Published online 2020 May 25. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0498

PMCID:: PMC7315710

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Invited Reviews

Biodegradable esophageal stents for the treatment of refractory benign esophageal strictures

Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Peter D. Siersema, Georgios Tziatzios, Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Ioannis S. Papanikolaou

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 330–337. Published online 2020 Apr 13. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0482

PMCID:: PMC7315705

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Advances in the endoscopic management of malignant biliary obstruction

Thomas Thomaidis, George Kallimanis, Gary May, Pinghong Zhou, Visvakanth Sivanathan, Jeff Mosko, John K. Triantafillidis, Christopher Teshima, Markus Moehler

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 338–347. Published online 2020 May 25. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0497

PMCID:: PMC7315700

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Review Article

Red cell distribution width as a marker of activity in inflammatory bowel disease: a narrative review

Marios Katsaros, Paschalis Paschos, Olga Giouleme

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 348–354. Published online 2020 May 10. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0486

PMCID:: PMC7315702

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Original Articles

Gastrointestinal involvement in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Theodore Rokkas

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 355–365. Published online 2020 Jun 6. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0506

PMCID:: PMC7315709

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Endoscopic sedation practices of Greek gastroenterologists: a nationwide survey

Adonis A. Protopapas, Evangelos Stournaras, Georgios Neokosmidis, Dimitrios Stogiannou, Athanasios Filippidis, Andreas N. Protopapas

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 366–373. Published online 2020 May 15. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0494

PMCID:: PMC7315718

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Implementing visual cues to improve the efficacy of screening colonoscopy: exploiting the Hawthorne effect

Eric Omar Then, Christopher Brana, Sriharsha Dadana, Srikanth Maddika, Andrew Ofosu, Sabrina Brana, Tina Wexler, Tagore Sunkara, Andrea Culliford, Vinaya Gaduputi

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 374–378. Published online 2020 May 10. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0491

PMCID:: PMC7315716

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Efficacy and safety of underwater endoscopic mucosal resection for superficial non-ampullary duodenal epithelial tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Neil Bhogal, Babu Mohan, Saurabh Chandan, Amaninder Dhaliwal, Suresh Ponnada, Ishfaq Bhat, Shailender Singh, Douglas G. Adler

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 379–384. Published online 2020 May 30. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0504

PMCID:: PMC7315707

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Comparison between cap-assisted and ligation-assisted endoscopic mucosal resection for rectal neuroendocrine tumors

Jin Lee, Yong Eun Park, Joon Hyuk Choi, Nae-Yun Heo, Jongha Park, Seung Ha Park, Young Soo Moon, Kyung Han Nam, Tae Oh Kim

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 385–390. Published online 2020 May 10. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0485

PMCID:: PMC7315720

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Feasibility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis patients receiving antithrombotic therapy

Ryota Sagami, Kenji Hayasaka, Tetsuro Ujihara, Ryotaro Nakahara, Daisuke Murakami, Tomoyuki Iwaki, Yasushi Katsuyama, Hideaki Harada, Hiroaki Tsuji, Takao Sato, Hidefumi Nishikiori, Kazunari Murakami, Yuji Amano

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 391–397. Published online 2020 May 15. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0496

PMCID:: PMC7315717

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Mean platelet volume in acute pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Vasileios P. Papadopoulos, Dimitrios K. Filippou, Konstantinos P. Mimidis

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 398–404. Published online 2020 May 15. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0495

PMCID:: PMC7315699

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Rectal indomethacin reduces the risk of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis in low-risk patients

Mohamed M. Abdelfatah, Eric Gochanour, Nicholas J. Koutlas, Ahmed Hamed, Glenn Harvin, Mohamed O. Othman

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 405–411. Published online 2020 May 15. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0492

PMCID:: PMC7315706

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Rectal versus intramuscular diclofenac in prevention of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis: experience of a Greek tertiary referral center

Ioannis Kalantzis, Androniki Poulou, Athanasios Papatheodorou, Konstantinos Gkoumas

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 412–417. Published online 2020 May 10. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0487

PMCID:: PMC7315719

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Finding a needle in a haystack: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for solid pancreatic masses in the setting of chronic pancreatitis

Chencheng Xie, Kimberlee Bohy, Mohamed A. Abdallah, Bhaveshkumar Patel, Morgan E. Nelson, Jonathan Bleeker, Ryan Askeland, Ammar Abdullah, Khalil Aloreidi, Rabia Kiani, Muslim Atiq

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 418–425. Published online 2020 May 10. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0484

PMCID:: PMC7315714

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Efficacy and safety of plastic versus lumen-apposing metal stents for transmural drainage of walled-off necrosis: a retrospective single-center study

Surinder Singh Rana, Ravi Sharma, Lovneet Dhalaria, Rajesh Gupta

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 426–432. Published online 2020 May 25. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0499

PMCID:: PMC7315708

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Case Report

Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with chronic refractory pouchitis: a case successfully treated with infliximab

Dimitra Koumaki, Eleni Orfanoudaki, Angeliki Machaira, Eleni Lagoudaki, Konstantinos Krasagakis, Ioannis E. Koutroubakis

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 433–435. Published online 2020 May 28. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0500

PMCID:: PMC7315701

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Image of the Month

Ligation-assisted endoscopic full-thickness resection with over-the-scope clip targeted for neuroendocrine tumors

Hideki Kobara, Noriko Nishiyama, Shintaro Fujihara, Tsutomu Masaki

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 436. Published online 2020 Mar 14. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0468

PMCID:: PMC7315704

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Linked color imaging and blue light imaging for evaluating a depressed-type adenoma in the colon

Shunsuke Yamamoto, Nima Mottacki

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 437. Published online 2020 Mar 14. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0466

PMCID:: PMC7315711

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Cholangitis with large common bile duct dilatation caused by choledochal macrolithiasis

Gaëtan-Romain Joliat, Michael Winiker, Anca-Teodora Antonino, Domenico Galasso

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 438. Published online 2020 Mar 27. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0471

PMCID:: PMC7315712

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Letters to the Editor

Quality assessment in gastroenterological research: publication rates of meta-analyses

Daryl Ramai, Mohamed Barakat, Andrew Ofosu, Amaninder Dhaliwal, Douglas G. Adler

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 439–440. Published online 2020 May 15. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0493

PMCID:: PMC7315715

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Nuances in diagnosis and management of acute esophageal necrosis

Grigoriy E. Gurvits

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 440–441. Published online 2020 May 10. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0488

PMCID:: PMC7315703

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Authors’ reply

Emanuel Dias, João Santos-Antunes, Guilherme Macedo

Ann Gastroenterol. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): 441–442. Published online 2020 May 10. doi: 10.20524/aog.2020.0490

PMCID:: PMC7315713

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