Multi-resistant bacteria in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: A new step in management?
Angelo Alves de Mattos;Ane Micheli Costabeber;Livia Caprara Lion?o;Cristiane Valle Tovo;Department of Gastroenterology;Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre;Porto Alegre 90430-080;Brasil;

..............page:14079-14086

Managing osteoporosis in ulcerative colitis: Something new?
Luca Petruccio Piodi;Alessandro Poloni;Fabio Massimo Ulivieri;Fondazione Irccs Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan;2nd Gastroenterology Unit;20122 Milan;Italy;Scuola di Specializzazione in Radiodiagnostica;Università degli Studi di Milano;Radiology Unit;20097 San Donato Milanese;Italy;Fondazione Irccs Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico;Nuclear Medicine;Bone Metabolic Unit;20122 Milan;Italy;

..............page:14087-14098

Advances in treatment of ulcerative colitis with herbs: From bench to bedside
Ping Wan;Hao Chen;Yuan Guo;Ai-Ping Bai;Department of Gastroenterology;the First Affiliated Hospital;Nanchang University;Department of Pharmacy;the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University;

..............page:14099-14104

Irritable bowel syndrome: A microbiome-gut-brain axis disorder?
Paul J Kennedy;John F Cryan;Timothy G Dinan;Gerard Clarke;1.15 Biosciences Institute;Department of Psychiatry;Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre;University College Cork;Cork;Ireland;Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience;Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre;University College Cork;Cork;Ireland;

..............page:14105-14125

Impact of psychological stress on irritable bowel syndrome
Hong-Yan Qin;Chung-Wah Cheng;Xu-Dong Tang;Zhao-Xiang Bian;Department of Pharmacy;First Hospital of Lanzhou University;Lab of Brain and Gut Research;School of Chinese Medicine;Hong Kong Baptist University;China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences;

..............page:14126-14131

Minimally invasive surgery in gastric cancer
Sang-Yong Son;Hyung-Ho Kim;Department of Surgery;Seoul National University Bundang Hospital;Seongnam 463-707;South Korea;

..............page:14132-14141

Hepatitis B and liver transplantation: Molecular and clinical features that influence recurrence and outcome
Tahereh Ghaziani;Hossein Sendi;Saeid Shahraz;Philippe Zamor;Herbert L Bonkovsky;Department of Medicine School;Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical Liver Transplantation Institute;Boston;MA 02115;United States;Departments of Medicine and Research;Carolinas HealthCare System;Charlotte;NC 28203;United States;Heller School of Social Policy and Management;Brandeis University;Waltham;MA 02454;United States;Department of Medicine;Carolinas HealthCare System;Charlotte;NC 28204;United States;The Liver-Biliary-Pancreatic Center;Department of Medicine;Carolinas HealthCare System;Charlotte;NC 28204;United States;

..............page:14142-14155

Immunopathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B
Irina P Balmasova;Nikolay D Yushchuk;Ospan A Mynbaev;Nageswara R Alla;Elena S Malova;Zhongjie Shi;Chang-Lu Gao;Laboratory of Pathogenesis and Treatment Methods in Infection Diseases;MoscowState University of Medicine and Dentistry;Moscow 127374;Russia;Department of Allergology and Immunology;Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia;Moscow 117198;Russia;Department of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology;Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry;Moscow 127374;Russia;Laboratory of Pilot Projects;Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry;Moscow 127374;Russia;Department of Obstetrics;Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine;Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia;Moscow 117198;Russia;The International Translational Medicineand Biomodeling Research Team;MIPT Center for Human Physiology Studies;Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Technologies;Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology;Moscow 141700;Russia;Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine;University of Pittsburgh;Pittsburgh;PA 15260;United States;Medical Company "Hepatologist";443011 Sa-mara;Russia;Department of Cancer Biology;Department of Microbiology and Immunology;Thomas Jefferson University;Philadelphia;PA 19107;United States;Department of Surgical Oncology;the 4th Clinical Hospital of Harbin Medical University;

..............page:14156-14171

Review of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Carly E Kelley;Ann J Brown;Anna Mae Diehl;Tracy L Setji;Department of Medicine;Division of Endocrinology;Duke University Medical Center;Durham;NC 27710;United States;Department of Medicine;Division of Gastroenterology;Duke University Medical Center;Durham;NC 27710;United States;

..............page:14172-14184

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and aging: Epidemiology to management
Marco Bertolotti;Amedeo Lonardo;Chiara Mussi;Enrica Baldelli;Elisa Pellegrini;Stefano Ballestri;Dante Romagnoli;Paola Loria;Department of Biomedical;Metabolic and Neural Sciences;Nuovo Ospedale Civile di Modena;University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Azienda USL of Modena;Baggiovara;41126 Modena;Italy;Division of Internal Medicine;Pavullo Hospital;41026 Pavullo;Italy;

..............page:14185-14204

Oxidative stress, cardiolipin and mitochondrial dysfunction in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Giuseppe Paradies;Valeria Paradies;Francesca M Ruggiero;Giuseppe Petrosillo;Department of Biosciences;Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics;University of Bari;70126 Bari;Italy;Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics;National Research Council;70126 Bari;Italy;

..............page:14205-14218

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: What has changed in the treatment since the beginning?
Bülent Baran;Filiz Akyüz;Division of Gastroenterohepatology;Department of Internal Medicine;Istanbul University;Istanbul Faculty of Medicine;Capa;34093 Istanbul;Turkey;

..............page:14219-14229

Utility of endoscopic ultrasound in patients with portal hypertension
Ghassan M Hammoud;Jamal A Ibdah;Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;University of Missouri School of Medicine;Columbia;MO 65212;United States;

..............page:14230-14236

Improving outcomes in pancreatic cancer: Key points in perioperative management
José M álamo;Luis M Marín;Gonzalo Suarez;Carmen Bernal;Juan Serrano;Lydia Barrera;Miguel A Gómez;Jordi Muntané;Francisco J Padillo;Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas;Instituto de Salud Carlos Ⅲ;28029 Madrid;Spain;Francisco J Padillo;Department of General Surgery;Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla;41013 Seville;Spain;

..............page:14237-14245

Laparoscopic pancreatectomy: Indications and outcomes
Shuyin Liang;Usmaan Hameed;Shiva Jayaraman;Division of General Surgery;University of Toronto;Toronto;ON M6R1B5;Canada;Division of General Surgery;HPB Service;St.Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto;Toronto;ON M6R1B5;Canada;

..............page:14246-14254

Laparoscopic resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Dream or reality?
Blaire Anderson;Shahzeer Karmali;Department of Surgery;University of Alberta;Edmonton;Alberta T6G 2B7;Canada;Center for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery;Royal Alexandra Hospital;Edmonton;Alberta T5H 3V9;Canada;

..............page:14255-14262

Alimentary tract duplications in newborns and children: Diagnostic aspects and the role of laparoscopic treatment
Jan Pati?oMayer;Marcos Bettolli;Pediatric Surgery Division;Helios Klinik Berlin Buch;13125 Berlin;Germany;Pediatric Surgery Division;Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario;Ottawa;ON K1H 8L;Canada;

..............page:14263-14271

Laparoscopic fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease
Marzio Frazzoni;Micaela Piccoli;Rita Conigliaro;Leonardo Frazzoni;Gianluigi Melotti;Digestive Pathophysiology Unit;Baggiovara Hospital;41100 Modena;Italy;Digestive Endoscopy Unit;Baggiovara Hospital;41100 Modena;Italy;Department of General Surgery;Baggiovara Hospital;41100 Modena;Italy;

..............page:14272-14279

Laparoscopic gastric surgery for cancer: Where do we stand?
Pantelis T Antonakis;Hutan Ashrafian;Alberto Martinez Isla;General Surgeon;Department of Surgery;Athens Euroclinic;11521 Athens;Greece;Lecturer in Surgery;Department of Surgery and Cancer;Imperial College London;London W2 1NY;United Kingdom;Department of Upper GI Surgery;Northwick Park-St Marks Hospital;London HA1 3UJ;United Kingdom;

..............page:14280-14291

Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration and useful ancillary methods
Mario Tadic;Tajana Stoos-Veic;Rajko Kusec;Department of Gastroenterology;Dubrava University Hospital Zagreb;University of Zagreb;Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry;10040 Zagreb;Croatia;Department of Pathology and Cytology;Dubrava University Hospital Zagreb;10040 Zagreb;Croatia;Division of molecular diagnostics and genetics;Dubrava University Hospital Zagreb;University of Zagreb;School of Medicine;10040 Zagreb;Croatia;

..............page:14292-14300

Laparoscopic complete mesocolic excision: West meets East
Carina F K Chow;Seon Hahn Kim;Division of Colorectal Surgery;Departmentof Surgery;Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital;Brisbane;Queensland 4029;Australia;Department of General Surgery;Mater Hospital South Brisbane;Brisbane;Queensland 4101;Australia;Department of Surgery;University of Queensland;Brisbane;Queensland 4072;Australia;Colorectal Division;Department of Surgery;Korea University Anam Hospital;Anam-dong;Seongbuk-gu;Seoul 136-705;South Korea;

..............page:14301-14307

Advancing frontiers in anaesthesiology with laparoscopy
Jayashree Sood;Department of Anaesthesiology;Pain and Perioperative Medicine;Sir Ganga Ram Hospital;Old Rajinder Nagar;New Delhi 110060;India;

..............page:14308-14314

Gastrointestinal metabolic surgery for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Eng-Hong Pok;Wei-Jei Lee;Division of Upper GI Surgery;Department of Surgery;University Malaya Medical Center;University of Malaya;Kuala Lumpur 50603;Malaysia;Department of Surgery;Min-Sheng General Hospital;National Taiwan University;

..............page:14315-14328

Therapeutic advances: Single incision laparoscopic hepatopancreatobiliary surgery
Stephen Kin Yong Chang;Kai Yin Lee;Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery;Department of Surgery;National University Singapore Hospital;

..............page:14329-14337

Laparoscopic treatment of perforated appendicitis
Heng-Fu Lin;Hong-Shiee Lai;I-Rue Lai;Department of Surgery;Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital;Department of Emergency Medicine;National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine;Department of Surgery;National Taiwan University Hospital;Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology;Medical College;National Taiwan University;

..............page:14338-14347

Role of surgery and transplantation in the treatment of hepatic metastases from neuroendocrine tumor
Sayee Sundar Alagusundaramoorthy;Roberto Gedaly;Division of Transplantation;Department of Surgery;University of Kentucky;College of Medicine;Lexington;KY 40536;United States;

..............page:14348-14358

Robotic surgery for rectal cancer: Current immediate clinical and oncological outcomes
Sergio Eduardo Alonso Araujo;Victor Edmond Seid;Sidney Klajner;Department of Gastroenterology;University of Sao Paulo Medical School;Sao Paulo 05403-000;Brazil;Albert Einstein Hospital;Sao Paulo 05652-901;Brazil;

..............page:14359-14370

Peritoneal carcinomatosis of gastrointestinal tumors: Where are we now?
Cem Terzi;Naciye Cigdem Arslan;Aras Emre Canda;Department of Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery;Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine;Inciralt?;Izmir 35340;Turkey;

..............page:14371-14380

Recent advances in the surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
Zenichi Morise;Norihiko Kawabe;Hirokazu Tomishige;Hidetoshi Nagata;Jin Kawase;Satoshi Arakawa;Rie Yoshida;Masashi Isetani;Department of Surgery;Fujita Health University School of Medicine;Banbuntane Houtokukai Hospital;Nagoya 454-8509;Japan;

..............page:14381-14392

Predictors of recurrence of Crohn’s disease after ileocolectomy: A review
Tara M Connelly;Evangelos Messaris;Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery;Department of Surgery;The Pennsylvania State University;College of Medicine;Hershey;PA 17033;United States;

..............page:14393-14406

Bloating and functional gastro-intestinal disorders: Where are we and where are we going?
Paola Iovino;Cristina Bucci;Fabrizio Tremolaterra;Antonella Santonicola;Giuseppe Chiarioni;Gastrointestinal Unit;Department of Medicine and Surgery;University of Salerno;84081 Baronissi;Salerno;Italy;IRCCS;Centro di riferimento Oncologico di Basilicata;Rionero in Vulture;85100 Potenza;Italy;Division of Gastroenterology of the University of Verona;Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona;37100 Verona;Italy;Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Center for functional GI and Motility Disorders;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;Chapel Hill;NC 27599;United States;

..............page:14407-14419

Production of corticotropin-releasing factor and urocortin from human monocyte-derived dendritic cells is stimulated by commensal bacteria in intestine
Shigeo Koido;Toshifumi Ohkusa;Shin Kan;Kazuki Takakura;Keisuke Saito;Hideo Komita;Zensho Ito;Hiroko Kobayashi;Shinichiro Takami;Kan Uchiyama;Hiroshi Arakawa;Masaki Ito;Masato Okamoto;Mikio Kajihara;Sadamu Homma;Hisao Tajiri;Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology;Department of Internal Medicine;The Jikei University School of Medicine;Chiba 277-8567;Japan;Department of Oncology;The Jikei University School of Medicine;Tokyo 105-8461;Japan;Department of Advanced Immunotherapeutics;Kitasato University School of Pharmacy;Tokyo 108-8641;Japan;

..............page:14420-14429

FXR agonist GW4064 alleviates endotoxin-induced hepatic inflammation by repressing macrophage activation
Jun Yao;Chun-Suo Zhou;Xiong Ma;Bai-Qing Fu;Li-Sheng Tao;Miao Chen;Ya-Ping Xu;Department of Gastroenterology;the People’s Hospital Affiliated to Jiangsu University;Department of Gastroenterology;Renji Hospital;Shanghai Jiao Tong University;School of Medicine;Department of Pathology;the Zhenjiang First People’s Hospital;

..............page:14430-14441

Effect of intra-arterial infusion with triolein emulsion on rabbit liver
Yong-Woo Kim;Young Mi Park;Sik Yoon;Hak Jin Kim;Do Yoon Park;Byung Mann Cho;Seon Hee Choi;Department of Radiology;Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology;Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital;Pusan National University College of Medicine;Yangsan 626-770;South Korea;Department of Radiology;Busan Paik Hospital;Inje University;Pusan 614-735;South Korea;Department of Anatomy;Pusan National University;College of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute;Pusan 602-739;South Korea;Department of Radiology;Pusan National University;College of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute;Pusan 602-739;South Korea;Department of Pathology;Pusan National University;College of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute;Pusan 602-739;South Korea;Preventive Medicine;Pusan National University;College of Medicine and Biomedical Research Institute;Pusan 602-739;South Korea;Pusan National University Postgraduate School;Pusan National University;Pusan 602-739;South Korea;

..............page:14442-14449

Red cell distribution width to platelet ratio: New and promising prognostic marker in acute pancreatitis
Erdin? ?etinkaya;Kaz?m ?enol;Bar?? Saylam;Mesut Tez;Department of General Surgery;Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital;06500 Ankara;Turkey;

..............page:14450-14454

Liver resection and metabolic disorders: An undescribed mechanism leading to postoperative mortality
Alban Zarzavadjian Le Bian;Renato Costi;Mohamed Said Sbai-Idrissi;Claude Smadja;Service de Chirurgie Digestive;H?pital Antoine Béclère;Clamart;Assistance Publique-H?pitaux de Paris;Université Paris Sud-XI;91400 Orsay;France;Laboratoire d’Ethique Médicale et de Médecine Légale;Université Paris Descartes-V;75006 Paris;France;Service de Chirurgie Digestive;H?pital Simone Veil;95600 Eaubonne;France;Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche;Università degli Studi di Parma;43100 Parma;Italy;

..............page:14455-14462

Gene expression profile of peripheral blood in colorectal cancer
Yu-Tien Chang;Chi-Shuan Huang;Chung-Tay Yao;Sui-Lung Su;Harn-Jing Terng;Hsiu-Ling Chou;Yu-Ching Chou;Kang-Hua Chen;Yun-Wen Shih;Chian-Yu Lu;Ching-Huang Lai;Chen-En Jian;Chiao-Huang Lin;Chien-Ting Chen;Yi-Syuan Wu;Ke-Shin Lin;Thomas Wetter;Chi-Wen Chang;Chi-Ming Chu;Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics;School of Public Health;National Defense Medical Center;Division of Colorectal Surgery;Cheng Hsin Rehabilitation Medical Center;Department of Surgery;Cathay General Hospital;Department of Epidemiology;School of Public Health;National Defense Medical Center;Advpharma;Inc.;Department of Nursing;Far Eastern Memorial Hospital and Oriental Institute of Technology;Department of Nursing;School of Medicine;Chang Gung University;Air Force Combatant Command;National Defense Ministry;Institute of Medical Biometry and Informatics;Heidelberg University;Germany and Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education;University of Washington Seattle;United States;

..............page:14463-14471

Capsule endoscopy capture rate: Has 4 frames-per-second any impact over 2frames-per-second?
Ignacio Fernandez-Urien;Cristina Carretero;Erika Borobio;Ana Borda;Emilio Estevez;Sara Galter;Bego?a Gonzalez-Suarez;Benito Gonzalez;Marisol Lujan;Jose Luis Martinez;Vanessa Martínez;Pedro Menchén;Javier Navajas;Vicente Pons;Cesar Prieto;Julio Valle;Department of Gastroenterology;Hospital de Navarra;31008 Pamplona;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Clínica Universidad de Navarra;31008 Pamplona;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Hospital Juan Canalejo;26131 La Coru?a;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Hospital de Tarrasa;08509 Barcelona;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Hospital del Mar;08509 Barcelona;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Hospital General de Valencia;46367 Valencia;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Hospital Puerta de Hierro;28816 Madrid;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Hospital La Fe;46367 Valencia;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Hospital Gregorio Mara?ón;28816 Madrid;Spain;Department of Gastroenterology;Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo;45591 Toledo;Spain;

..............page:14472-14478

Evaluation of “top-down” treatment of early Crohn’s disease by double balloon enteroscopy
Rong Fan;Jie Zhong;Zheng-Ting Wang;Shu-Yi Li;Jie Zhou;Yong-Hua Tang;Department of Gastroenterology;Ruijin Hospital;Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine;Department of Radiology;Ruijin Hospital;Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine;

..............page:14479-14487

Split-dose vs same-day reduced-volume polyethylene glycol electrolyte lavage solution for morning colonoscopy
Wah-Kheong Chan;Najib Azmi;Sanjiv Mahadeva;Khean-Lee Goh;Department of Medicine;Faculty of Medicine;University of Malaya;Kuala Lumpur 50603;Malaysia;Faculty of Medicine;Islamic Science University of Malaysia;Bandar Baru Nilai;Nilai 71800;Negeri Sembilan;Malaysia;

..............page:14488-14494

Treatment of gastric varices with partial splenic embolization in a patient with portal vein thrombosis and a myeloproliferative disorder
Robert Gianotti;Hearns Charles;Kenneth Hymes;Hersh Chandarana;Samuel Sigal;Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;Harvard Medical School;Boston;MA 02215;United States;New York University School of Medicine;New York;NY 10022;United States;

..............page:14495-14499

Synchronous gallbladder and pancreatic cancer associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction
Narongsak Rungsakulkij;Paisarn Boonsakan;Department of Surgery;Ramathibodi Hospital;Mahidol University;Bangkok 10400;Thailand;Department of Pathology;Ramathibodi Hospital;Mahidol University;Bangkok 10400;Thailand;

..............page:14500-14504

Complete response to sorafenib in a patient with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma
Hong-bo Huan;Wan-Yee Lau;Feng Xia;Kuan-sheng Ma;Ping bie;Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery;Southwest Hospital;Southwest Cancer Center;Third Military Medical University;Faculty of Medicine;The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

..............page:14505-14509

False esophageal hiatus hernia caused by a foreign body: A fatal event
Ya-Ping Lu;Ming Yao;Xu-Yan Zhou;Bing Huang;Wei-Bo Qi;Zhi-Heng Chen;Long-Sheng Xu;Department of Anesthesiology;First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University;Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery;First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University;Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery;First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University;Department of Special Inspection;First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University;

..............page:14510-14514

AIMS65: A promising upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk score but further validation required
Ray Boyapati;Avik Majumdar;Marcus Robertson;Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant;Austin Hospital;Heidelberg VIC 3084;Australia;

..............page:14515-14516

instructions to authors

..............page:14517-14522