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• • ·Percutaneous trans-hepatic cholangioscopic lithotomy for hepatolithiasis: long-term results

    Pagina :1-5

    Yi-Yin Jan, Miin-Fu Chen, From the Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung College of Medicine & Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

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• • ·Yield of prospective, noninvasive evaluation of the common bile duct combined with selective ERCP/sphincterotomy in 1390 consecutive laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients

    Pagina :6-12

    Roman Rieger, Wolfgang Wayand, From the 2nd Department of Surgery and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Laparoscopic Surgery, General Hospital of Linz, Austria.

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• • ·Percutaneous trans-hepatic cholangioscopy and lithotripsy in the treatment of intrahepatic stones: a study with 5 year follow-up

    Pagina :13-18

    Yung-Hsiang Yeh, Min-Ho Huang, Jee-Chung Yang, Lien-Ray Mo, Johnson Lin, Sen-Kou Yueh, From the Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Radiology, Show-Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.

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• • ·Duplex Doppler endosonography in the diagnosis of splenic vein, portal vein, and portosystemic shunt thrombosis

    Pagina :19-26

    Maurits J. Wiersema, Amitabh Chak, Kenyon K. Kopecky, Lisa M. Wiersema

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• • ·An experimental study of optimal parameters for bipolar electrocoagulation

    Pagina :27-30

    Anthony V. Dilley, Mary-Anne G. Friend, David L. Morris, From the School of Surgery, University of New South Wales, The St. George Hospital, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• • ·Pneumatic dilation in achalasia with a low-compliance balloon: results of a 5-year prospective evaluation

    Pagina :31-36

    Tile Wehrmann, Volkmar Jacobi, Michael Jung, Bernhard Lembcke, Wolfgang F. Caspary, From the Department of Internal Medicine II and Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

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• • ·Felinization of the esophagus

    Pagina :37-40

    Leon W. Kundrotas, Gavin S. Young, Kevin A. Lang, Judith A. Woods, From the Department of Gastroenterology, Division of Medicine, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

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• • ·Morbidity in neurologically impaired children after percutaneous endoscopic versus Stamm gastrostomy

    Pagina :41-44

    Brian H. Cameron, Geoffrey K. Blair, James J. Murphy, Graham C. Fraser, From the Department of General Pediatric Surgery, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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• • ·The effect of droperidol on objective markers of patient cooperation and vital signs during esophagogastroduodenoscopy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective investigation

    Pagina :45-50

    James S. Barthel, John B. Marshall, Paul D. King, S.A. Afridi, Linda G. Gibb, Richard Madsen, From the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and the University of Missouri Department of Statistics, Columbia Missouri.

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• • ·Prolonged evaluation of epinephrine and normal saline solution injections in an acute ulcer model with a single bleeding artery

    Pagina :51-55

    Haim Pinkas, Earl McAllister, James Norman, Bruce Robinson, Patrick G. Brady, Peter J. Dawson, From the College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

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• • ·A prospective study of fungal infection of gastric ulcers: clinical significance and correlation with medical treatment

    Pagina :56-58

    Cheng-Shyong Wu, Shyi-Shane Wu, Pang-Chi Chen, From the Department of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin Kou Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

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• • ·Initial results using low-dose photodynamic therapy in the treatment of Barrett's esophagus

    Pagina :59-63

    Mark A. Laukka, Kenneth K. Wang, From the Division of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.

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• • ·Barrett's esophagus: photodynamic therapy for ablation of dysplasia, reduction of specialized mucosa, and treatment of superficial esophageal cancer

    Pagina :64-70

    Bergein F. Overholt, Masoud Panjehpour, From the Laser Center, Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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• • ·Release of entrapped delivery devices from wire mesh stents

    Pagina :70-73

    Stephen E. Silvis, Rashad Dabaghi, Newell Dutton, From the University of Minnesota and the VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Gastroenterology Associates and the Austin Radiological Association, Austin, Texas.

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• • ·Marking clips for the accurate positioning of self-expandable esophageal stents

    Pagina :73-76

    Wink A. de Boer, Frank van Haren, Willem M.M. Driessen, From the department of Internal Medicine, Sint Joseph Hospital, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.

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• • ·Localization of neuroendocrine tumors utilizing linear-array endoscopic ultrasonography

    Pagina :76-79

    Rajiv Bansal, Michael L. Kochman, Ronald Bude, Timothy T. Nostrant, Grace H. Elta, Norman W. Thompson, James M. Scheiman, From the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Radiology, and Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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• • ·Vascular-enteric fistula: Diagnosis by colonoscopy

    Pagina :80-81

    Raza Hamdani, Robert Summers, From the Division of Gastroenterology/Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.

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• • ·Expandable metal coil stent for treatment of broncho-esophageal fistula

    Pagina :81-83

    Alcira B. Fiorini, Eran Goldin, Julio L. Valero, Alan Bloom, Mordechai Beyar, Raphael P. Pfeffer, Oren Globerman, From the Hadassah University Hospital, Gastrointestinal Unit, Jerusalem, Israel, and the Hospital Municipal de Gastroenterologia, Endoscopy Unit, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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• • ·Recurrent esophagorespiratory fistula in a patient with metastatic breast cancer: long-term palliation with endoprostheses and hormonal therapy

    Pagina :84-88

    Babs G. Taal, Paul Cohen, Hans Peterse, Henk Boot, Guido N.J. Tytgat

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• • ·Endoscopic ultrasound in the placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube in the non-transilluminated abdominal wall

    Pagina :88-90

    Shawn Panzer, Mary Harris, Wendie Berg, William Ravich, Anthony Kalloo, From the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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• • ·Diagnosis of colonic pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis by endosonography

    Pagina :90-93

    Rajiv Bansal, Ronald Bude, Timothy T. Nostrant, James M. Scheiman, From the Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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• • ·Management of intrahepatic stones

    Pagina :94-96

    Horst Neuhaus

    
• • ·Photodynamic therapy: A new light on Barrett's esophagus

    Pagina :96-98

    Charles J. Lightdale

    
• • ·Esophageal intubation with a duodenoscope

    Pagina :98-99

    Anthony G. Bohorfoush

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• • ·Combined endoscopic-percutaneous–assisted sphincterotomy in the treatment of choledochocele

    Pagina :99-100

    Richard Eisenman, Tat-Kin Tsang, Arthur Crampton, Felix Tiongco

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• • ·PEG in a patient with ascites and varices

    Pagina :100-101

    John A. Kynci, Howard B. Chodash, Tat-Kin Tsang

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• • ·Colorectal ulcers associated with sodium phosphate catharsis

    Pagina :101-102

    Lee J. Hixson

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• • ·The migrating gastrostomy tube

    Pagina :102-103

    Donna E. Goldman, Jonathan F. Grier

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• • ·Clinical GI Physiology for the Exam Taker

    Pagina :105-106

    Scott R. Ketover

    
• • ·A Pharmacologic Approach to Gastrointestinal Disorders

    Pagina :106

    James S. Barthel

    
• • ·Gut Peptides: Biochemistry and Physiology

    Pagina :106

    William Chey

    
• • ·NEWS & NOTICES

    Pagina :107

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