Gastroenterology
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MIE Oncologically Safe, With Better Postop Outcomes
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Minimal Dissection Reduces Herniation After Pediatric Fundoplication
Major Finding: The risk of postop fundal wrap herniation is greatly reduced when the esophagus is not freed from the phrenoesophageal membrane...
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Epidemiology of Chronic Pancreatitis Shows Major Shift
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Study Casts Doubt on Need for High-Dose Perioperative Steroids
Major Finding: IBD patients did not develop hemodynamic instability related to adrenal insufficiency when they underwent colorectal surgery...
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Chronic Cough Often Caused by Multiple Factors
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Bevacizumab Fails Again as Adjuvant Therapy for Colon Cancer
Major Finding: Disease-free survival data showed that patients tended to fare slightly worse if given FOLFOX4-bevacizumab (HR, 1.17; P = .07) or...
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Failure to Thrive Often the First Acknowledgement of Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Major Finding: Lack of response to PPI therapy is a diagnostic criterion for eosinophilic esophagitis. Data Source: Systematic review and expert...
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Study: High Fiber Consumption May Lower All-Cause Mortality
Major Finding: All-cause mortality was 22% lower among men and women with the highest consumption of dietary fiber, compared with those with the...
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Diagnostic Challenge: Crohn's Disease
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NOTES Enables Novel Surgery for Liver Cancer
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FOLFOX4 Prolongs Survival in Advanced HCC
Major Finding: Patients treated with FOLFOX 4 had a 21% lower risk of death than their counterparts treated with doxorubicin.Data Source: A phase...