Introduction Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a progressive autoimmune mediated cholangiopathy. There are well recognised treatments for both the underlying disease and symptom control highlighted ...

Endoscopic retrograde laser lithotripsy of common bile duct stones is a new technique which can be carried out through the endoscope without anaesthesia using ordinary endoscopic equipment. In the ...

Objective Since December 2019, a newly identified coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)) has caused outbreaks of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. SARS-CoV-2 enters host ...

Endoscopic sphincterotomy to prevent post-ERCP pancreatitis after self-expandable metal stent placement for distal malignant biliary obstruction (SPHINX): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial ...

These guidelines aim to help clinicians manage patients who have had an intestinal resection that leaves a short length (about 2 m or less) of small bowel remaining. The preliminary guidelines were ...

Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany Correspondence to: P Malfertheiner Department of ...

7 Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica ...

Correspondence to Dr Manasi Agrawal, The Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA; manasi.agrawal{at}mountsinai.org ...

Objective The involvement of HBV DNA integration in promoting hepatocarcinogenesis and the extent to which the intrahepatic HBV reservoir modulates liver disease progression remains poorly understood.

The authors present evidence to show that a long colon is associated with constipation. In certain cases of intractable constipation associated with a long colon they recommend surgical treatment.

Objective Dietary fibres are essential for maintaining microbial diversity and the gut microbiota can modulate host physiology by metabolising the fibres. Here, we investigated whether the soluble ...

Correspondence to Professor Paul K S Chan, Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong; paulkschan{at}cuhk.edu.hk Methods Prevalence and relative abundances of ...