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Reviewer of the Month (2021)

Over the year, many TGH reviewers have made outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

Innovation in Endoscopy

Interventional Gastroenterology is a rapidly expanding field at the cutting edge of innovation and novelty. New device technology coupled with improvements in endosonographic and high-definition imaging as well as the advent of carbon dioxide insufflation has led to a revolution in endoscopic therapy. The last decade has seen the emergence and widespread adoption of entirely new fields of endoscopy including therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (T-EUS), third space endoscopy, and endobariatrics. In addition, new technology has allowed for major advancements in pancreaticobiliary management as well as Barretts Esophagus therapy.

Liver Transplantation in NASH and ALD

In the last two decades, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), has transitioned from a non-existent entity to become one of the leading etiologies of chronic liver disease in the world.

TGH 2020 Annual Report

Greetings from the Editorial Office of Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology!

We are pleased to share with you the 2020 Annual Report of Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology. In 2020, with the joint effort and support of all contributors, TGH made great progress with publication of 57 articles, 6 published special series, increased PubMed retrievals and website pageviews.

We would especially like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors, and readers for all your support and contributions to TGH. We wish you a bright, healthy, and prosperous 2021!

Current Topics in Pediatric General Surgery

The shifting paradigm away from individual efforts toward collaboration has resulted in rapid, greater advancements in the care of children in the past 20 years. As is so often the case in medicine, necessity drives innovation. We can only hope that this trend will continue to evolve in the future. The goal continues to be earlier, non-invasive diagnostics with more effective interventions that minimize patient morbidity and maximize patient comfort.

Recent Advances in Rare Liver Diseases

In editing this focused series on the novel advances in rare and undiagnosed liver diseases, we hoped to highlight, using specific examples, the burden of these diseases, their complexity, the unmet needs for the patients and their families, as well as the opportunities to learn more about pathophysiological mechanisms and targets that can also be applied to more common liver diseases.

AME entered an official partnership with Publons to enhance wide-ranging recognition for reviewers

AME Publishing Company entered an official partnership with Publons, a product of Clarivate Analytic Company (which owns Web of Science, EndNote, ScholarOne, among many others), as of April 2020. Around 60 AME journals’ peer review systems are now integrated seamlessly into the Publons platform (https://publons.com/about/home). The partnership was done to recognize our expert peer reviewers spontaneously for their review contribution.

Implementation of transparent peer review at Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to TGH from March 19, 2020.

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Review Article

Herb-induced liver injury (HILI) with 12,068 worldwide cases published with causality assessments by Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method (RUCAM): an overview

Rolf Teschke, Axel Eickhoff, Johannes Schulze, Gaby Danan

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Shifting sands: the role of radiotherapy for patients with gastric and gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma

Ethan B. Ludmir, Prajnan Das

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Editorial

Impediments to therapeutic advances for patients with gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma

Jaffer A. Ajani

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Original Article

What are the participants’ perspective and the system-based impact of a standardized, inter-professional morbidity/mortality- conferences in a children’s hospital?

Martin Stocker, Philipp Szavay, Birgit Wernz, Thomas J. Neuhaus, Dirk Lehnick, Sabine Zundel

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

Nonoperative management of appendicitis in children

Helene Nepomuceno, Erik G. Pearson

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

Enhanced recovery after surgery in children

Talha Rafeeqi, Erik G. Pearson

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Original Article

Same-day discharge vs. observation after laparoscopic pediatric appendectomy: a prospective cohort study

Kristin M. Gee, Sandra Ngo, Lorrie Burkhalter, Alana L. Beres

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Use of hem-o-lok clips for laparoscopic appendectomy in children: retrospective analysis and comparison to ligature loop and endoscopic surgical stapler

Ennio J. Fuentes, Eduardo A. Pérez, Ricardo Díez, Pablo Aguado, Cecilia Moreno, Henar Souto, Jose L. Alonso

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

Reoperative surgery in anorectal malformation patients

Timothy F. Tirrell, Erin R. McNamara, Belinda H. Dickie

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Reoperative techniques and management in Hirschsprung disease: a narrative review

Farokh R. Demehri, Belinda H. Dickie

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Original Article

A retrospective comparison of outcomes for open vs. laparoscopic surgical techniques in pediatric ulcerative colitis

Brent A. Willobee, Jennifer A. Nguyen, Anthony Ferrantella, Hallie J. Quiroz, Anthony R. Hogan, Ann-Christina Brady, Samir Pandya, Amber H. Langshaw, Juan E. Sola, Chad M. Thorson, Eduardo A. Perez

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Prophylactic colectomy for children with familial adenomatous polyposis: resource utilization and outcomes for open and laparoscopic surgery

Anthony Ferrantella, Rebecca A. Saberi, Brent A. Willobee, Hallie J. Quiroz, Amber H. Langshaw, Samir Pandya, Chad M. Thorson, Juan E. Sola, Eduardo A. Perez

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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A retrospective analysis of pancreas operations in children

R. Ellen Jones, Jessica A. Zagory, Micah Tatum, Wei Shan Tsui, Joseph Murphy

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

Minimally invasive surgery of the pancreas: a narrative review of current practice

Morgan K. Richards, Matthew S. Clifton

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

A narrative review of the modern surgical management of pediatric choledochal cysts

R. Ellen Jones, Jessica A. Zagory, Rachael A. Clark, Samir R. Pandya

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Original Article

Biliary hyperkinesia in adolescents—it isn’t all hype!

Maggie E. Bosley, Jillian Jacobson, Michaela W. G. Gaffley, Michael A. Beckwith, Samir R. Pandya, James S. Davis, Lucas P. Neff

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

Choledocholithiasis—a new clinical pathway

Maggie E. Bosley, Irving J. Zamora, Lucas P. Neff

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

A narrative review of gastroesophageal reflux in the pediatric patient

Jillian C. Jacobson, Samir R. Pandya

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

Current management of pediatric achalasia

Jun Tashiro, Mikael Petrosyan, Timothy D. Kane

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Review Article

Eosinophilic esophagitis, Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal neoplasms in the pediatric patient: a narrative review

Annette L. Medina, David M. Troendle, Jason Y. Park, Ameet Thaker, Kerry B. Dunbar, Edaire Cheng

Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology

2021;

(25 July 2021)

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Case Report

An unusual and challenging cause of small bowel bleeding: Isolated gastrointestinal blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome

Yala Kirthi Reddy, Mahmoud Bayoumi, Matthew Barnes, William Gillespie, Faisal Kamal, Mohammad Ismail, Muhammad Bilal

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Endoscopic stricturotomy with pulsed argon plasma and balloon dilation for refractory benign colorectal strictures: a case series

Saad Emhmed Ali, Avinash Bhakta, Robert-Marlo Bautista, Ahmed Sherif, Wesam Frandah

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Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (HEHE)—rare vascular malignancy mimicking cholangiocarcinoma: a case report

Michal Kawka, Sau Mak, Shengyang Qiu, Tamara M. H. Gall, Long R. Jiao

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Acute pancreatitis in a patient with COVID-19: a case report

Chiranjeevi Gadiparthi, Sonmoon Mohapatra, Sowjanya Kanna, Vinit Vykuntam, William Chen

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Editorial

Value of alpha-fetoprotein in hepatocellular carcinoma

Wei-Chen Lee

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A primer to image enhanced endoscopy

Krish Ragunath, Philip Chiu

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Filling the diagnostic gap in follow-up after liver transplantation

Christoph Eisenbach

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Liver transplantation in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and alcohol-related liver disease: the dust is yet to settle

Sanjaya K. Satapathy, David E. Bernstein, Nitzan C. Roth

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The new era of interventional endoscopy

Amy Tyberg

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Editorial Commentary

Laparoscopic for advanced gastric cancer—minimally invasive for maximal results?

Mickael Chevallay, Charles-Henri Wassmer, Marco Bonino, Stefan Mönig

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Neurotoxicity after liver transplantation: does donor age matter?

Lydia Sastre, Gonzalo Crespo

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Letter to the Editor

Could immune activation cause pancreatitis in COVID-19 patients?

Gabriela Gama Freire Alberca, Naiane Samira Souza Cardoso, Ricardo Wesley Alberca

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Biomarkers that predict attacks of acute intermittent porphyria

Tadayuki Takata, Asahiro Morishita, Hideki Kobara, Kazushi Deguchi, Tsutomu Masaki

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Surveillance imaging in primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC): evidence, patient preference and physician autonomy

Philip A. Berry, Sreelakshmi Kotha

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Original Article

Predictors of poor bowel preparations and colonoscopy cancellations in inpatient colonoscopies, a single center retrospective study

Rohit Agrawal, Muhammad Majeed, Bashar M. Attar, Estefania Flores, Zohaib Haque, Sheeba Ba Aqeel, Yuchen Wang, Yazan Abu Omar, Pradeep Parajuli, Melchor Demetria, Seema Gandhi

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Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease—which factors are important?

Karl-Hermann Fuchs, Arielle M. Lee, Wolfram Breithaupt, Gabor Varga, Benjamin Babic, Santiago Horgan

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Diagnostic performance of volumetric laser endomicroscopy for Barrett’s esophagus dysplasia amongst gastroenterology trainees

Muhammad Aziz, Chandra S. Dasari, Tarun Rai, Benjamin Alsop, Neil Gupta, Prashanth Vennalaganti, Viveksandeep Thoguluva Chandrasekar, Kelsey Able, Kevin Kennedy, Michael B. Wallace, Kenneth K. Wang, Herbert C. Wolfsen, Prateek Sharma, Cadman L. Leggett

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Post-cholecystectomy syndrome: a retrospective study analysing the associated demographics, aetiology, and healthcare utilization

Saad Saleem, Simcha Weissman, Hector Gonzalez, Patricia Guzman Rojas, Faisal Inayat, Ali Alshati, Vinaya Gaduputi

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Clinical and laboratory parameters associated with li-rads as diagnostic of liver nodule in patients with cirrhosis

Clarissa Rocha Cruz, Ana Rita Marinho Ribeiro Carvalho, Augusto César Nascimento Maranhão, Dayse Barbosa Aroucha, Gabriela Azevedo Foinquinos, Sylene Rampche Coutinho Carvalho, Luydson Richardson Silva Vasconcelos, Leila Maria Moreira Beltrão Pereira

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Wnt ligands 3a and 5a regulate proliferation and migration in human fetal liver progenitor cells

Zhiwen Liu, Vijay kumar Kuna, Bo Xu, Suchitra Sumitran-Holgersson

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Evaluating quality and completeness of gastrectomy for gastric cancer: review of surgical videos from the public domain

Matthew Dixon, Vanessa Palter, Savtaj Brar, Natalie Coburn

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The value of liquid biopsy in the diagnosis and staging of hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review

Poh Tan, Lisa Grundy, Peter Makary, Khem Hua Eng, George Ramsay, Mohamed Bekheit

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Palm tocotrienol rich fraction with palm kernel oil supplementation prevents development of liver steatosis in high fat diet ICR mice

Mohd Danial Mohd Efendy Goon, Nur Izzati Zulkanain, Siti Hamimah Sheikh Abdul Kadir, Sharaniza Ab Rahim, Musalmah Mazlan, Normala Abd Latip, Mardiana Abdul Aziz, Norizal Mohd Noor

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Spleen transient elastography predicts actuarial survival after liver transplantation

Kilian Friedrich, Arianeb Mehrabi, Jan Pfeiffenberger, Christian Rupp, Karl Heinz Weiss, Markus Mieth

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Efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation for management of pancreatic lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yazan Fahmawi, Ansh Mehta, Haneen Abdalhadi, Lindsey Merritt, Meir Mizrahi

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Azithromycin versus erythromycin infusions prior to endoscopy in upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Danny Issa, Sanjeev Solomon, Jonathan Hillyard, Brian Di Pace, Christopher Young, Patricia Uber, Adam Sima, Reem Sharaiha, George Smallfield

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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Rajanshu Verma, Sanjaya K. Satapathy, Muhammad Bilal

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Characterizing a CT esophagram protocol after flexible endoscopic diverticulotomy for Zenker’s diverticulum: a retrospective series

Debdeep Banerjee, Laura L. Magnelli, Mailin Oliva, Neha Malik, Brittney M. Ginsburg, Joseph R. Grajo, Tony S. Brar, Donevan R. Westerveld, Dennis Yang, Peter V. Draganov

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Analysis of variation in pre-procedural fasting duration for common inpatient gastrointestinal procedures

Vorada Sakulsaengprapha, Michael Daniel, Jiarui Cai, Diego A. Martinez, Simon C. Mathews

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Identifying optimal therapies in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Zhenyu Yang, Yao Tong, Lin Yang, Xianli He, Guoqiang Bao, Xilin Du

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Ascitic calprotectin and lactoferrin for detection of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Kishan P. Patel, Parker M. Korbitz, John P. Gallagher, Cynthia Schmidt, Thammasin Ingviya, Wuttiporn Manatsathit

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Percutaneous microwave ablation of hepatic lesions near the heart

Sreeja Sanampudi, Qian Yu, Driss Raissi

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Review Article

Rectal Dieulafoy’s lesion: a comprehensive review of patient characteristics, presentation patterns, diagnosis, management, and clinical outcomes

Faisal Inayat, Amna Hussain, Sidra Yahya, Simcha Weissman, Nuraiz Sarfraz, Muhammad Salman Faisal, Iqra Riaz, Saad Saleem, Muhammad Wasif Saif

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Multimodal multidisciplinary management of alcohol use disorder in liver transplant candidates and recipients

Akhil Shenoy, Anna Salajegheh, Nicole T. Shen

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Identifying the pre-malignant stomach: from guidelines to practice

Jonathan R. White, Matthew Banks

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Enhancing polyp detection: technological advances in colonoscopy imaging

Antonio Lee, Nicholas Tutticci

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Endoscopic therapies for Barrett’s esophagus

Scott Ventre, Haroon Shahid

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New technologies for indeterminate biliary strictures

Roberto Oleas, Juan Alcívar-Vasquez, Carlos Robles-Medranda

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Fibrosis and hepatic regeneration mechanism

Esmeralda Zuñiga Aguilar, Odin Ramírez-Fernández

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Endoscopic bariatrics: current therapies and future directions

Debashis Reja, Clark Zhang, Avik Sarkar

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Confocal laser endomicroscopy in gastro-intestinal endoscopy: technical aspects and clinical applications

Nastazja Dagny Pilonis, Wladyslaw Januszewicz, Massimiliano di Pietro

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Evaluation of liver transplant candidates with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

James Philip G. Esteban, Amon Asgharpour

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Artificial intelligence and computer-aided diagnosis for colonoscopy: where do we stand now?

Shin-ei Kudo, Yuichi Mori, Usama M. Abdel-aal, Masashi Misawa, Hayato Itoh, Masahiro Oda, Kensaku Mori

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Analysis of causality assessment methods in suspected HILI cases shows relevant gaps as assessed for accuracy, bias and transparency using data provided through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Cyril M. Willson

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Advances in endoscopic resection: a review of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), endoscopic full thickness resection (EFTR) and submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER)

Ishita Dalal, Iman Andalib

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Management of severe acute pancreatitis in 2019

Eddie Copelin, Jessica Widmer

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New and emerging technology in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cysts

Lindsey C. Shipley, Ali M. Ahmed

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Electronic chromo-endoscopy: technical details and a clinical perspective

Partha Pal, Aniruddha Pratap Singh, Navya D. Kanuri, Rupa Banerjee

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Ablative therapies of the biliary tree

Elizabeth S. John, Paul R. Tarnasky, Prashant Kedia

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Bariatric surgery, obesity and liver transplantation

Zunirah Ahmed, Muhammad Ali Khan, Luis Miguel Vazquez-Montesino, Aijaz Ahmed

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Pre-transplant portal vein thrombosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients—pathogenesis, risk factors, and implications on management

Peter DeLeeuw, Uchenna Agbim

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Implications of pre-transplant sarcopenia and frailty in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and alcoholic liver disease

Joseph S. Redman, Matt Kaspar, Puneet Puri

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EUS-RFA of the pancreas: where are we and future directions

Lakshmi Asritha Gollapudi, Amy Tyberg

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Artificial intelligence in the detection, characterisation and prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma: a narrative review

Michal Kawka, Aleksander Dawidziuk, Long R. Jiao, Tamara M. H. Gall

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Narrative review of current and emerging pharmacological therapies for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Jinendra Satiya, Heather S. Snyder, Shivaram Prasad Singh, Sanjaya K. Satapathy

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Ethical and allocation issues in liver transplant candidates with alcohol related liver disease

Mai Sedki, Aijaz Ahmed, Aparna Goel

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Therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound

Rodrigo Duarte-Chavez, Michel Kahaleh

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COVID-19 and the liver: a narrative review of the present state of knowledge

Ragesh B. Thandassery, Jonathan A. Dranoff, Abhilash Perisetti, Tamar Taddei

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Management of pancreatic fluid collections

Dimpal Bhakta, Rabia de Latour, Lauren Khanna

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A narrative review of nutritional abnormalities, complications, and optimization in the cirrhotic patient

Edgewood R. Warner II, Fuad Z. Aloor, Sanjaya K. Satapathy

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Technical Note

Pancreaticoduodenectomy after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: a novel reconstruction technique

Malcolm Han Wen Mak, Vishalkumar G. Shelat

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Editorial

Post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer: the key role of molecular pathological epidemiology

Tsuyoshi Hamada, Reiko Nishihara, Shuji Ogino

Regarding the applications of fusion-fluorescence imaging using indocyanine green in laparoscopic hepatectomy

Thinzar M. Lwin, Robert M. Hoffman, Michael Bouvet

Review Article

SUMOylation and phosphorylation cross-talk in hepatocellular carcinoma

Maria Lauda Tomasi, Komal Ramani

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