Vol. 17 No. 1: March 2008

Editorial

MELD – an Imperfect, but Thus Far the Best, Solution to the Problem of Organ Allocation

John R. Lake

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Original Article

Cancer Mortality in Romania, 1955-2004. Digestive Sites: Esophagus, Stomach, Colon and Rectum, Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder and Biliary Tree

Simona Vălean, Petru Armean, Simona Resteman, Georgiana Nagy, Adina Mureşan, Petru A. Mircea

9-14
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Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of the Stomach. A Study of 17 Cases

Paschalis Chatzipantelis, Charitini Salla, Ioannis Karoumpalis, Dimitra Apessou, Stratigoula Sakellariou, Irini Doumani, Evgenia Papaliodi, Panagiotis Konstantinou

15-20
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Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antagonist Improves the Prognosis in Rats Displaying Liver Cirrhosis Induced by a Choline-Deficient Diet

Kaoru Iwata, Tetsuro Sohda, Makoto Irie, Yasuaki Takeyama, Akira Anan, Satoshi Shakado, Shotaro Sakisaka

21-25
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Postprandial Walking but not Consumption of Alcoholic Digestifs or Espresso Accelerates Gastric Emptying in Healthy Volunteers

Andreas Franke, Hermann Harder, Anna K. Orth, Sabine Zitzmann, Manfred V. Singer

27-31
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Clinical and Surgical Profile and Follow Up of Patients With Liver Hydatid Cyst from an Endemic Region

Ahmet Tekin, Tevfik Kücükkartallar, Adil Kartal, Adnan Kaynak, Şükrü Özer, Şakir Tavli, Metin Belviranli, Mustafa Sahin, Serdar Yol, Faruk Aksoy, Sakir Tekin, Celalettin Vatansev, Mehmet Erikoglu

33-37
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Transthoracic Approach (TTA) for Subdiaphragmatic Liver Metastasectomy

Spiros G. Delis, Andreas Bakoyiannis, Juan Madariaga, Nikos Tassopoulos, Ch. Dervenis

39-42
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Postoperative Complications Linked to Pancreaticoduodenectomy. An Analysis of Pancreatic Stump Management

Enrico Benzoni, Aron Zompicchiatti, Enrico Saccomano, Dario Lorenzin, Umberto Baccarani, Gianluigi Adani, Luigi Noce, Alessandro Uzzau, Carla Cedolini, Fabrizio Bresadola, Sergio Intini

43-47
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Combined-Modality Therapy with Sphincter-Preserving Total Mesorectal Excision for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Patient’s Age and Long-term Outcome

Bartlomiej Szynglarewicz, Rafal Matkowski, Adam Maciejczyk, Piotr Kasprzak, Jozef Forgacz, Marek Pudelko

49-52
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Recurrence Pattern of Fistula-in-Ano in a Chinese Population

Poon Chi-Ming, Ng Dennis Chung-Kei, Cheung Michael Ho-Yin, Li Raymond Shiu-Ki, Leong Heng-Tat

53-57
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Reviews

Principles and Applications of Gene Therapy in Colon Cancer

Rajaraman Durai, Shi Yu Yang, Alexander M. Seifalian, Marc C. Winslet

59-67
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Updating the Management of Rectal Cancer

Viorica Magdalena Nagy

69-74
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Case Reports

Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction – a Rare Condition with Heterogeneous Etiology and Unpredictable Outcome. A Case Report

Eugen Florin Georgescu, Ion Vasile, Ana Claudia Georgescu

77-80
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Management of Boerhaave’s Syndrome: Report of Three Cases

Konstantinos Tsalis, Konstantinos Vasiliadis, Theodor Tsachalis, Emmanuel Christoforidis, Konstantinos Blouhos, Dimitrios Betsis

81-85
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Bouveret Syndrome Associated with Acute Gangrenous Cholecystitis

Cornel Iancu, Raluca Bodea, Nadim Al Hajjar, Dana Todea-Iancu, Ovidiu Bălă, Iurie Acalovschi

87-90
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Retractile Mesenteritis Presenting with Malabsorption Syndrome. Successful Treatment with Oral Pentoxifylline

Andreas N. Kapsoritakis, Christos D. Rizos, Stylianos Delikoukos, Despina Kyriakou, Georgios K. Koukoulis, Spyros P. Potamianos

91-94
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Clinical imaging

Confocal Endomicroscopy for in vivo Microscopic Analysis of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Premalignant and Malignant Lesions

Cristian Gheorghe, Razvan Iacob, Gabriel Becheanu, Mona Dumbrava

95-100
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Splanchnic Artery Aneurysms: the Diagnostic Contribution of Ultrasonography in Correlation with other Imaging Methods

Radu Badea

101-105
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Letters

First intoxication with freshly picked Amanita phalloides in winter time in central Europe

Thomas Thaler, Leo Aceto, Hugo Kupferschmidt, Beat Müllhaupt, Matthias Greutmann

111-117
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Remarkably elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in cystic duct and common bile duct lithiasis

Konstantinos Mimidis, Stavros Anagnostoulis, Charalampos Iakovidis, Paraskevi Argyropoulou

111-117
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Cerebral sinus thrombosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis

Pankaj Jain, Sandeep Nijhawan

111-117
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Extended poststrangulation ischemic jejunal stricture

Gheorghe Ghidirim, Ion Gagauz, Igor Mishin, Marin Vozian, Gheorghe Zastavnitsky

111-117
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Prevalence of upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms in Greek patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Evangelos Cholongitas, Chrysoula Pipili, Maria Dasenaki

111-117
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A case of pyloric-type gallbladder adenoma

Nicolae Constantea, Dan Axente, Bogdan Micu

111-117
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Editorial

MELD – an Imperfect, but Thus Far the Best, Solution to the Problem of Organ Allocation

Original Article

Cancer Mortality in Romania, 1955-2004. Digestive Sites: Esophagus, Stomach, Colon and Rectum, Pancreas, Liver, Gallbladder and Biliary Tree

Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of the Stomach. A Study of 17 Cases

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antagonist Improves the Prognosis in Rats Displaying Liver Cirrhosis Induced by a Choline-Deficient Diet

Postprandial Walking but not Consumption of Alcoholic Digestifs or Espresso Accelerates Gastric Emptying in Healthy Volunteers

Clinical and Surgical Profile and Follow Up of Patients With Liver Hydatid Cyst from an Endemic Region

Transthoracic Approach (TTA) for Subdiaphragmatic Liver Metastasectomy

Postoperative Complications Linked to Pancreaticoduodenectomy. An Analysis of Pancreatic Stump Management

Combined-Modality Therapy with Sphincter-Preserving Total Mesorectal Excision for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: Patient’s Age and Long-term Outcome

Recurrence Pattern of Fistula-in-Ano in a Chinese Population

Reviews

Principles and Applications of Gene Therapy in Colon Cancer

Updating the Management of Rectal Cancer

Case Reports

Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction – a Rare Condition with Heterogeneous Etiology and Unpredictable Outcome. A Case Report

Management of Boerhaave’s Syndrome: Report of Three Cases

Bouveret Syndrome Associated with Acute Gangrenous Cholecystitis

Retractile Mesenteritis Presenting with Malabsorption Syndrome. Successful Treatment with Oral Pentoxifylline

Clinical imaging

Confocal Endomicroscopy for in vivo Microscopic Analysis of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Premalignant and Malignant Lesions

Splanchnic Artery Aneurysms: the Diagnostic Contribution of Ultrasonography in Correlation with other Imaging Methods

Letters

First intoxication with freshly picked Amanita phalloides in winter time in central Europe

Remarkably elevated serum levels of carbohydrate antigen 19-9 in cystic duct and common bile duct lithiasis

Cerebral sinus thrombosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis

Extended poststrangulation ischemic jejunal stricture

Prevalence of upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms in Greek patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

A case of pyloric-type gallbladder adenoma

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