indian journal of gastro

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BACKGROUND: Duodenal eosinophilia is postulated to play a key role in the pathogenesis of functional dyspepsia, a common condition responsible for considerable impairment of quality of life. Our objective was to evaluate the relative strength of the associations between duodenal eosinophilia, functional dyspepsia, symptomatic erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the presence of co-morbidities, and a number of other variables. METHODS: Eosinophil counts of archived endoscopic duodenal biopsies of 289 subjects were determined by a pathologist blinded to the clinical data...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a home-based palliative care program delivered by community health workers (CHW) in rural areas outside of Kolkata, India. The specific aims were to assess CHWs' ability to implement the intervention protocol and maintain records of care, to characterize patient problems and CHW activities to assist patients, and to assess change in patient pain scores over the course of the intervention. Materials and Methods: Four CHWs were hired to facilitate delivery of home-based palliative care services...

INTRODUCTION: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are liberally used over the counter medication and is largely considered safe. Off late, there are many reports that suggest increased incidence of chronic kidney disease with long-term PPI use. PPIs are often prescribed in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and one of the well-known complications of DM is diabetic nephropathy (DN). Thus, the aim of our study was to evaluate association between PPI use and DN. METHODS: It was a case-control study conducted over a 2-year period (April 2017-March 2019)...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS COV2) had rapidly spread and caused a global pandemic worldwide. The most common symptoms in adults are respiratory with dry cough, dyspnea, and fever. Occasionally, extra-respiratory presentations may be seen such as gastrointestinal involvement with diarrhea, vomiting or abdominal pain. Acute intestinal intussusception is the most common cause of bowel obstruction in infants (2-4 months of age) but rarely could it be encountered in adult. It is a very rare gastro-intestinal manifestation of COVID-19 with an invagination of a segment of the bowel within a more distal one...

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This study's objective was to assess the presentation, incidence, operative approach, and outcomes of acute symptomatic post-esophagectomy diaphragmatic hernia (PEDH), following minimal access esophagectomy (MAE) for esophageal and gastro-esophageal junctional cancer. Between January 2010 and December 2020, all consecutive patients undergoing esophagectomy were retrospectively analyzed. Acute symptomatic PEDH occurred in 4 patients out of 680 consecutive patients undergoing esophagectomy (0.58%) and 636 MAE (0...

BACKGROUND: Coeliac disease, an autoimmune enteropathy related to gluten sensitivity was hitherto thought to be rare in Asia. Recent data however suggests that Celiac disease may be under-diagnosed in Asia. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this audit was to determine the frequency of histological changes compatible with Coeliac disease among patients undergoing elective diagnostic oesaphago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGDS) under the care of a single practitioner in a Malaysian hospital...

We present a case of acute myeloid leukemia developing acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) in the post transplant phase. The patient had GVHD of skin, liver and gastro-intestinal tract (resolved) with polymicrobial sepsis. The clinical course, treatment and pathological findings on autopsy including the cause of death have been discussed.

BACKGROUND: Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs) and Gastro-Intestinal (GI) infections are the leading causes of child mortality and morbidity. This study investigates the associations between the individual, household and slum-level determinants of children's health and vulnerability to RTIs and GI infections in peri-urban slums in India; an area of research interest at the Childhood Infections and Pollution Consortium. METHODS: The 2015-16 Indian National Family Health Survey was used for data analysis on children aged 0-5 years...

OBJECTIVES: Palliative surgery for cancer plays an important role in the overall management, especially in low-middle countries with a significant burden of advanced cancers. There is a paucity of literature related to the field of palliative surgery. In this study, we present the clinical spectrum, profile of surgical interventions and outcomes of palliative surgical procedures performed at a tertiary cancer centre involving multiple organ systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of prospectively maintained surgical oncology database of a tertiary care cancer centre was performed...

Gastrointestinal (GI) parasites are one of the most widely recognized health problems of buffalo calves in Bangladesh. The study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of GI parasitic infestation in buffalo calves at Sylhet division of Bangladesh. Fecal samples of 200 buffalo calves under 1 year of age (76 males and 124 females) were collected from Sylhet, Maulvibazar, Habiganj, and Sunamganj districts, and from each of the four regions, 50 samples were collected. Samples were examined through simple flotation, sedimentation, and McMaster techniques...

For localized esophageal cancer, esophageal resection remains the prime form of treatment but is a highly invasive procedure associated with prohibitive morbidity. Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) by laparoscopic or thoracoscopic approach was therefore introduced to reduce surgical trauma and its associated morbidity. We thereby review our minimally invasive esophagectomy results with short- and long-term outcomes. From January 2010 through December 2016, 459 patients with carcinoma esophagus and gastro-esophageal junction undergoing minimally invasive esophagectomy were retrospectively reviewed...

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Gastro-intestinal (GI) lesions are common outcome to diverse etiological agents affecting the GI tract. It requires significant expertise to accurately diagnose the fundamental cause and treat accordingly. A better understanding of the immunological underpinning of these lesions is of great importance to ensure their successful management. Availability of specific animal models allows us to understand the subtle differences among diverse disease conditions and help decide upon the treatment trajectories. Since murine models are best suited for studying the immunopathogenesis of any disease, we will restrict our discussions here to the available murine models and their applications to study gastrointestinal lesions...

Background: Free flap transfer is a standard practice in reconstruction of oral defects. Fasciocutaneous flaps are commonly used for reconstruction of soft tissue defects. Replacement of oral mucosa with skin often causes discomfort, foreign body sensation, dysgeusia, problems with skin hair and morbidity at the donor site. Morbidity at the donor site may interfere with physical activity among manual labourers. Materials and methods: We prospectively analysed nine cases of oral cavity defects reconstructed with free gastro-omental flap over 4 months from March to July 2019...

BACKGROUND: Abdominal pain from primary cancer or metastatic disease is a significant cause of pain for patients undergoing treatment for the disease. Patient's pain may be resistant or non-responsive to the pharmacological management, hence minimal invasive pain intervention like celiac plexus neurolysis or splanchnic nerve rhizolysis may be required to relieve pain of such patients. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this retrospective study is to assess the effect of celiac plexus neurolysis for pain relief in patients with upper gastro-intestinal malignancies...

Gastric cancer perforations are rare events with management options ranging from lavage and perforation closure, to resection. Usual aim is to perform a damage control procedure, and very few patients are suitable for a curative resection. We report the first case of emergency gastrectomy with pancreatico-duodenectomy performed in emergency for a perforated stomach cancer with pancreatic head invasion. The patient was a 32-year-old gentleman who presented with a perforated antro-pyloric cancer with infiltration of pancreatic head...

AIM: To evaluate the range and scientific nature of oral presentations in the Scientific Program of IAPSCON from 2014-18. METHODS: The oral presentations in Scientific Program of IAPSCON from 2014 - 18 were tabulated and categorised as per: type of presentation, Paediatric Surgery related clinical subject heading, nature of the content and scientific quality as per Oxford levels of clinical evidence. RESULTS: Most oral presentations were in the form of Short papers...