Endoscopy, Pancreas, & Biliary Tract
Conference Coverage
Coffee protects against primary sclerosing cholangitis
Major finding: Average coffee consumption was 50 vs. 78 cups per month, and percent of life actively drinking coffee was 50% vs. 67% in PSC cases...
Conference Coverage
Exhaled VOC concentrations provide childhood obesity clues
Major finding: Concentrations of four VOCs were significantly higher in the overweight/obese vs. nonobese children after adjustment for age,...
News
New blood test could identify early pancreatic cancer
Major finding: A serum panel of four metabolites had a 78% sensitivity for detecting resectable pancreatic cancers.Data source: The panel was...
News
Early cholecystectomy beats delayed in acute cholecystitis
Major Finding: Acute cholecystitis patients randomized to laparoscopic cholecystectomy within 24 hours of hospital arrival had a 75-day total...
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Bariatric surgery advancement spurs guideline update
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Exenatide, sitagliptin associated with doubled risk for acute pancreatitis
Major finding: Diabetes patients who took sitagliptin or exenatide faced twice the risk of being hospitalized for acute pancreatitis.Data source:...
From the AGA Journals
Older women with primary biliary cirrhosis responders to UDCA
Major Finding: Women aged 70 and older at presentation for primary biliary cirrhosis had a greater than 90% chance of responding to...
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Japanese study: S-1 adjuvant chemo improved pancreatic cancer survival
Major Finding: 2-year survival rates for Japanese patients who underwent resection of pancreatic cancer were 70% for those receiving postoperative...
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Bariatric surgery cut vascular events in diabetes
Major Finding: Bariatric surgery was linked to a 64% decrease in macro- and microvascular events compared with no surgery in obese type 2 diabetes...
From the AGA Journals
Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis No Better After Dual Sphincterotomy
Major Finding: Of 69 patients with sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, recurrent acute pancreatitis occurred in 49% of patients who underwent biliary...