Published: 2018-01-01

Improving the quality of colonoscopy: Impact of efficient and safer preparation protocols and shorter waiting times

Cem Aygün

(4-6)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.18003

A proposed role for diffusible signal factors in the biofilm formation and morphological transformation of Helicobacter pylori

Pawel Krzyzek, Grazyna Gosciniak

(7-13)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2017.17349

Liver fibrosis

M. Merve Aydın, Kamil Can Akçalı

(14-21)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17330

Covering The Cover

Fatih Tekin

(1-3)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.18001

From the Editor

Dinç Dinçer, Fulya Günşar

(0-0)

Evaluation of mTOR signaling pathway proteins in rat gastric mucosa exposed to sulfite and ghrelin

Sevim Ercan, Pınar Şahin, Ceren Kencebay, Narin Derin, Çiler Çelik Özenci

(94-100)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2017.17294

New treatment of the pancreatic cystic neoplasm: Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided radiofrequency ablation combined with lauromacrogol ablation

Xiuxue Feng, Enqiang Linghu, Ningli Chai, Huikai Li

(101-104)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2017.17340

Acute pancreatitis after coronary artery bypass surgery treated by plasmapheresis

Emine Şeyma Denli Yalvaç, Mustafa Aldağ, Cemal Kocaaslan, Ebubekir Şenateş, Ebuzer Aydın

(105-107)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2017.17427

A case of multiple myeloma initially presenting as hematemesis

Hai-Bo Zhou

(108-111)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17710

A rare cause of multiple small bowel ulcers and strictures in a 10-year-old child

Teera Kijmassuwan, Pornthep Tanpowpong, Sani Molagool, Suporn Treepongkaruna

(112-115)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17232

Patulous upper esophageal sphincter - an unusual endoscopic finding

Allwin James, Premkumar Karunakaran, Ratnakar Kini, Pugazhendhi Thangavel

(116-118)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17189

High-Dose vs. Low-Dose Proton Pump Inhibitors Post-Endoscopic hemostasis in patients with Bleeding Peptic Ulcer. A meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis

George Sgourakis, George Chatzidakis, Androniki Poulou, Panagiota Malliou, Theodoros Argyropoulos, George Ravanis, Aphroditi Vagia, Itseoritse Kpogho, Adam Briki, Hana Tsuruhara, Tatiana Stankovičová

(22-31)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17143

Utility of a laboratory score in the prediction of altered autonomic nervous system function in autoimmune gastritis

Çağdaş Kalkan, İrfan Soykan

(32-35)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17295

Incidence patterns of colorectal cancers in four countries of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (Cyprus, Jordan, Israel, and İzmir, Turkey) compared with those in the United States Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program

Sultan Eser, Jenny Chang, Haris Charalambous, Barbara Silverman, Anna Demetriou, Cankut Yakut, Omar Nimri, Pavlos Pavlou, Suriye Özgür, Argyrious Ziogas, Lisa Stevens, Kevin Ward, Hoda Anton-Culver

(36-44)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17263

Expression of Th17/Treg related molecules in gastric cancer tissues

Xinying Meng, Shengtao Zhu, Quanjiang Dong, Shutian Zhang, Jian Ma, Changhong Zhou

(45-51)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17114

A tough scope to swallow: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography through percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Waseem Amjad, Qulsoom Hussain, Waqas Ullah, Abu Hurairah

(123-125)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17390

Rectal pyogenic granulomas: an uncommon cause of gastrointestinal bleeding

Tuba Devrim, Özlem Gül Utku, Dilek Oğuz

(126-127)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17551

Inflammatory pseudotumor-like follicular dendritic cell tumor of the spleen

Heejin Kwon

(128-130)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17220

Surgical treatment of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum secondary

Yoshihiro Okuda, Shugo Mizuno, Taihei Koide, Makoto Suzaki, Shuji Isaji

(131-133)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17519

Laparoscopic splenectomy and subsequent oncologic gastric surgery in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension and hypersplenism

Xiaoli Zhan, Yan Chen, Yuedong Wang

(134-135)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17326

An unusual case of duodenal metastasis of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma

Müge Ustaoğlu, Gülgün Koçak, Çiğdem Siviloğlu, Ercüment Cengiz

(136-137)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17288

Unusual self-healing of a traumatic pancreatic fistula that persisted for 16 months

Ping Yue, Wenbo Meng, Zhiwen Luo, Yanyan Lin, Bing Bai, Yongjiang Ba, Xun Li

(138-139)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17424

Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis associated with long-term use of Chinese herbal medicine

Hsing-Jung Yeh, Pao-Ying Lin, Wei-Yu Kao, Ching-Huei Kun, Chun-Chao Chang

(140-142)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17072

The relationship of alanine aminotransferase to metabolic syndrome in a Korean population

Seok-Hoon Lee, Doo-Yeoun Cho, Nam-Seok Joo, Kwang-Min Kim, Kyu-Nam Kim

(52-60)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17333

Role of nucleoside/nucleotide analogues and low-dose hepatitis B immune globulin in prophylaxis of hepatitis B recurrence among cadaveric liver transplant recipients

Tokunbo Ajayi, Harry Luu, Behnam Saberi, James P. Hamilton, Bugra Tolga Konduk, Burak Özşeker, Kawtar Al Khalloufi, Aliaksei Pustavoitau, Benjamin Philosophe, Andrew M. Cameron, Ahmet Gürakar

(61-66)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17595

Polyethylene Glycol-3350 (Miralax®)+1.9-L sports drink (Gatorade®)+2 tablets of bisacodyl results in inferior bowel preparation for colonoscopy compared with Polyethylene Glycol-Ascorbic Acid (MoviPrep®)

Maqsood Ahmed Khan, Kevin B. Patel, Mohammed Nooruddin, Garth Swanson, Louis Fogg, Ali Keshavarzian, Michael Brown

(67-74)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17536

Shorter waiting times from education to colonoscopy can improve the quality of bowel preparation: A randomized controlled trial

Jin Lee, Tae Oh Kim, Joo Wan Seo, Joon Hyuk Choi, Nae-Yun Heo, Jongha Park, Seung Ha Park, Sung Yeon Yang, Young Soo Moon

(75-81)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17467

A simplified technique of esophageal self-expandable metallic stent placement without fluoroscopic and endoscopic guidance for treating esophageal carcinoma

Ratnakar Kini, Sabarinathan Ramanathan, Pugazhendhi Thangavel, Premkumar Karunakaran, Kani Shaik Mohamed, Murali Ananthavadivelu

(82-88)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17112

Post-transplant malignancies in pediatric liver transplant recipients: Experience of two centers in Turkey

Miray Karakoyun, Şebnem Önen, Maşallah Baran, Murat Çakır, Çiğdem Ömür Ecevit, Murat Kılıç, Mehmet Kantar, Serap Aksoylar, Funda Özgenç, Sema Aydoğdu

(89-93)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2017.17089

Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors and risk of gastric cancer

Tarkan Karakan

(143-144)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17002

Multiple liver masses mimicking metastatic liver disease in an elderly patient

Hayretdin Köklü, Berkan Armağan, Ömer Karadağ, Musturay Karcaaltıncaba, Müzeyyen Pınar Özgen Kıratlı, Gökhan Gedikoğlu, Taylan Kav

(119-122)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2018.17336