Editorial

Towards an Efficient Reprocessing of Endoscopes: on the Lack of Means and Machines

Eric T.T.L. Tjwa, Chris J.J. Mulder

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Original Article

The Diagnostic Value of Cytokeratins and Carcinoembryonic Antigen Immunostaining in Differentiating Hepatocellular Carcinomas from Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinomas

Cezar Stroescu, Vlad Herlea, Adrian Dragnea, Irinel Popescu

9-14

The Epidemiology and Clinical Findings of Colorectal Cancer in Iran

Payam Samareh Pahlavan, Rani Kanthan

15-19

Mortality Risk Factors in Chronic Pancreatitis

Andrada Seicean, Marcel Tantãu, Mircea Grigorescu, Teodora Mocan, Radu Seicean, Teodora Pop

21-26

A Gastroenteritis Outbreak due to Norovirus Infection in Xanthi, Northern Greece: Management and Public Health Consequences

Vassilios P. Papadopoulos, Odysseas Vlachos, Efterpi Isidoridou, Charalambos Kasmeridis, Zoi Pappa, Aggelos Goutzouvelidis, Filippos Filippou

27-30

The Effect of Interferon Alpha plus Ribavirin on Health-Related Quality of Life in Chronic C Hepatitis. The Romanian Experience

Cristina Pojoga, Dan L. Dumitrascu, Oliviu Pascu, Mircea Grigorescu

31-35

Urgent Surgery for Complicated Colonic Diverticula*

Gheorghe Funariu, Vasile Bintintan, Radu Seicean

37-40

Reviews

Anorectal Incontinence. Pathogenesis and Choice of Treatment

Nikolaos Andromanakos, Dimitrios Filippou, Panayiotis Skandalakis, Vasilios Papadopoulos, Spiros Rizos, Konstantinos Simopoulos

41-49

Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Treatment

Florin Alexandru Cãruntu, Loredana Benea

51-56

Case Reports

Liver Involvement in Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis. Case Report

Ion Dina, Catalin Copaescu, Vlad Herlea, Fritz Wrba, Claudia Iacobescu

57-59

Diagnostic Features of Benign Pancreatic Insulinomas. An Analysis of Three Cases

Elena Dajbog, Liviu P. Lefter, Viorel Scripcariu, Dan Ferariu, Cristian Dragomir

61-65

Axial Torsion and Gangrene of a Giant Meckel’s Diverticulum

Christos Limas, Konstantinos Seretis, Chrisostomos Soultanidis, Stavros Anagnostoulis

67-68

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: An Unusual Cause of Intestinal Obstruction

Alina Plesa, Claudia Constantinescu, Felicia Crumpei, Elena Cotea

69-72

Extrahepatic Biliary Obstruction Due to a Solitary Pancreatic Metastasis of Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma. Case Report

Nikolaos Liratzopoulos, Eleni I. Efremidou, Michalis S. Papageorgiou, Konstantinos Romanidis, Georgios J. Minopoulos, Konstantinos J. Manolas

73-75

Clinical imaging/Technique

Narrow-Band Imaging Endoscopy for Diagnosis of Malignant and Premalignant Gastrointestinal Lesions

Cristian Gheorghe

77-82

Gastroenterology in Romania

Cleaning and Disinfection in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Current Status in Romania*

Ovidiu Frãtilã, Marcel Tantãu

89-93

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