December 2017

Editorial Board
Published in issue: December 2017
i

Review Article

Screening, prophylaxis and counselling before the start of biological therapies: A practical approach focused on IBD patients
• Cândida Abreu,
• António Sarmento,
• Fernando Magro
Published online: September 11, 2017
p1289-1297

Position Paper

Multidisciplinary management of patients with coexisting inflammatory bowel disease and spondyloarthritis: A Delphi consensus among Italian experts
• Alessandro Armuzzi,
• Carla Felice,
• Ennio Lubrano,
• ...
• Maurizio Vecchi,
• Ignazio Olivieri
• on behalf of the Italian SpA-IBD Expert Panel Group
Published online: June 22, 2017
p1298-1305

Diagnosis and Endoscopic Management of Barrett’s Esophagus: an Italian Experts’ Opinion based document
• Guido Costamagna,
• Giorgio Battaglia,
• Alessandro Repici,
• ...
• Massimo Rugge,
• Cristiano Spada,
• Vincenzo Villanacci
Published online: September 01, 2017
p1306-1313

Alimentary tract

Symptoms of anxiety and depression are independently associated with inflammatory bowel disease-related disability
• Webber Chan,
• Hang Hock Shim,
• Miao Shan Lim,
• ...
• Sai Wei Chuah,
• Rupert Leong,
• Chris Kong
Published online: August 14, 2017
p1314-1319

E-health in inflammatory bowel diseases: More challenges than opportunities?
• Peter Bossuyt,
• Lieven Pouillon,
• Guillaume Bonnaud,
• Silvio Danese,
• Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet
Published online: August 23, 2017
p1320-1326

Acute histological inflammatory activity is associated with clinical relapse in patients with ulcerative colitis in clinical and endoscopic remission
• Margalida Calafat,
• Triana Lobatón,
• Alba Hernández-Gallego,
• ...
• Eduard Cabré,
• Isabel Ojanguren,
• Eugeni Domènech
Published online: September 08, 2017
p1327-1331

Commentaries

Histological healing beyond endoscopic healing in ulcerative colitis: Shall we target the “ultra-deep” remission?
• Konstantinos H. Katsanos,
• Konstantinos Papamichael,
• Dimitrios K. Christodoulou,
• Adam S. Cheifetz
Published online: September 15, 2017
p1332-1333
Is histologic remission in ulcerative colitis ready for prime time?
• Jordi Guardiola,
• Claudia Arajol,
• Alessandro Armuzzi
Published online: October 06, 2017
p1334-1335

Digestive Endoscopy

Life threatening hemobilia after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Ihab I. El Hajj,
• Stuart Sherman,
• Maximilian Pyko,
• Glen A. Lehman
Published online: September 11, 2017
p1336-1337

Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract

Metabolomic analysis with ¹H-NMR for non-invasive diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis degree in patients with chronic hepatitis C
• Tommaso Gabbani,
• Maria Marsico,
• Patrizia Bernini,
• ...
• Maria Rosa Biagini,
• Stefano Milani,
• Vito Annese
Published online: June 04, 2017
p1338-1344

Transjugular local thrombolysis with/without TIPS in patients with acute non-cirrhotic, non-malignant portal vein thrombosis
• Christoph Klinger,
• Bettina Riecken,
• Arthur Schmidt,
• ...
• Benjamin Meier,
• Jaime Bosch,
• Karel Caca
Published online: June 26, 2017
p1345-1352

Effects of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) on blood volume distribution in patients with cirrhosis
• Troels M. Busk,
• Flemming Bendtsen,
• Jens H. Henriksen,
• ...
• Jens O. Clemmesen,
• Fin S. Larsen,
• Søren Møller
Published online: June 27, 2017
p1353-1359

Re-bleeding rates and survival after early transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in clinical practice
• Theresa Bucsics,
• Maria Schoder,
• Nicolas Goeschl,
• ...
• Josef Karner,
• Franz Karnel,
• Thomas Reiberger
Published online: August 08, 2017
p1360-1367

Low prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus serum markers in a cohort of pregnant women from Southern Italy
• Tindaro Lembo,
• Francesca Saffioti,
• Benito Chiofalo,
• ...
• Roberta Grasso,
• Onofrio Triolo,
• Giovanni Raimondo
Published online: August 01, 2017
p1368-1372

Image of the Month

Primary jejunal malignant melanoma detected by ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT and enteroscopy
• Stefano Bargiggia,
• Emanuele Dainese,
• Fabrizio Parente
Published online: June 14, 2017
p1373

ERCP and Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis
• Ihab I. El Hajj,
• Stuart Sherman,
• Eugene P. Ceppa,
• Glen A. Lehman
Published online: June 07, 2017
p1374

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in a patient with Caroli’s disease and portal cavernoma
• Roberto Miraglia,
• Luigi Maruzzelli,
• Sarah Degiorgio,
• Angelo Luca
Published online: May 25, 2017
p1375
Saline-immersion therapeutic endoscopy (SITE): An evolution of underwater endoscopic lesion resection
• Edward J. Despott,
• Alberto Murino
Published online: September 01, 2017
p1376

Correspondence

Pancreatic duct cytology, an underused diagnostic tool
• Pedro Pereira,
• Armando Peixoto,
• Eduardo Rodrigues-Pinto,
• Guilherme Macedo
Published online: October 03, 2017
p1377-1378
Obstructive sleep apnea is predictive of worse hospital outcomes in hospitalizations with acute pancreatitis in obese patients
• Sanjay Bhandari,
• Madhavi Reddy,
• Ghulamullah Shahzad
Published online: September 27, 2017
p1378-1379