July 2018

Editorial Board
Published in issue: July 2018
i-ii

Review Article

Exploring Bacteroidetes: Metabolic key points and immunological tricks of our gut commensals
• Giulia Gibiino,
• Loris Riccardo Lopetuso,
• Franco Scaldaferri,
• Gianenrico Rizzatti,
• Cecilia Binda,
• Antonio Gasbarrini
Published online: March 20, 2018
p635-639
When and how should we perform a biopsy for HCC in patients with liver cirrhosis in 2018? A review
• Francesco Paolo Russo,
• Angela Imondi,
• Erica Nicola Lynch,
• Fabio Farinati
Published online: March 20, 2018
p640-646

Position Paper

Food, microbiome and colorectal cancer
• Lukas Niederreiter,
• Timon E. Adolph,
• Herbert Tilg
Published online: April 02, 2018
p647-652

Meta Analysis

Ustekinumab in the management of Crohn’s disease: Expert opinion
• Alessandro Armuzzi,
• Sandro Ardizzone,
• Livia Biancone,
• ...
• Maria Lia Scribano,
• Maurizio Vecchi,
• Marco Daperno
Published online: March 11, 2018
p653-660

Comparison of efficacy of colonoscopy between the morning and afternoon: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• Junqi Wu,
• Sheng-Bing Zhao,
• Shu-Ling Wang,
• ...
• Can Xu,
• Zhao-Shen Li,
• Yu Bai
Published online: April 09, 2018
p661-667

Alimentary Tract

Effectiveness and safety of anti-TNF therapy for inflammatory bowel disease in liver transplant recipients for primary sclerosing cholangitis: A nationwide case series
• Romain Altwegg,
• Roman Combes,
• David Laharie,
• ...
• Lucile Boivineau,
• Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet,
• Georges-Philippe Pageaux
Published online: March 13, 2018
p668-674

The real-world effectiveness of vedolizumab on intestinal and articular outcomes in inflammatory bowel diseases
• Fabio Salvatore Macaluso,
• Rosalba Orlando,
• Walter Fries,
• ...
• Sara Renna,
• Mario Cottone,
• Ambrogio Orlando
Published online: March 01, 2018
p675-681

Low-dose thiopurine with allopurinol co-therapy overcomes thiopurine intolerance and allows thiopurine continuation in inflammatory bowel disease
• Abhinav Vasudevan,
• Lauren Beswick,
• Antony B. Friedman,
• ...
• Ajay Raghunath,
• Miles Sparrow,
• Daniel van Langenberg
Published online: February 10, 2018
p682-688

Digestive Endoscopy

Study of the standard direct costs of various techniques of advanced endoscopy. Comparison with surgical alternatives
• Carme Loras,
• Vicenç Mayor,
• Fernando Fernández-Bañares,
• Maria Esteve
Published online: March 12, 2018
p689-697
Open Access

Liver, Pancreas and Biliary Tract

Clinical and prognostic implications of acute onset of Autoimmune Hepatitis: An Italian multicentre study
• Paolo Muratori,
• Marco Carbone,
• Giorgia Stangos,
• ...
• Annarosa Floreani,
• Pietro Invernizzi,
• Luigi Muratori
Published online: March 02, 2018
p698-702
12 weeks ombitasvir/paritaprevir–ritonavir + ribavirin achieve high SVR rates in HCV-4 patients with advanced fibrosis
• Elisabetta Degasperi,
• Alessio Aghemo,
• Stefania Paolucci,
• ...
• Giovanna Lunghi,
• Fausto Baldanti,
• Pietro Lampertico
Published online: February 12, 2018
p703-706

Long-term outcome of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for portal hypertension in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
• Sarah Verbeeck,
• Djalila Mekahli,
• David Cassiman,
• Geert Maleux,
• Peter Witters
Published online: March 15, 2018
p707-712

Oncology

Hepatic resection vs. transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma beyond the Milan criteria with portal hypertension
• Jian Yang,
• Jia-Yin Yang,
• Lu-Nan Yan,
• Tian-Fu Wen,
• Bo Li,
• Wen-Tao Wang
Published online: March 14, 2018
p713-719

Images of the Month

Cholescintigraphic patterns in a IBS patient with postprandial diarrhea
• Mauro Bortolotti,
• Lucia Zanoni,
• Maurizio Levorato,
• Stefano Fanti
Published online: February 05, 2018
p720-721

Pseudodiverticular exophytic growth of a GIST of the jejunum with focus on imaging
• Antonio Pierro,
• Fabio Rotondi,
• Maria De Ninno,
• Giuseppina Sallustio
Published online: February 17, 2018
p722

A huge rapidly-enlarging multicystic biliary hamartoma
• Takeshi Ogura,
• Yoshitaka Kurisu,
• Akira Miyano,
• Kazuhide Higuchi
Published online: February 05, 2018
p723

Reliable procedure of polyglycolic acid sheet delivery and placement on gastric artificial floor: Application of wafer paper and thread
• Nobuya Kobayashi,
• Hirohito Mori,
• Hideki Kobara,
• Tsutomu Masaki
Published online: February 04, 2018
p724

Correspondence

Gender equality in medicine: What do gastroenterologists from Italy think of it?
• Carolina Ciacci,
• on behalf of the 2017 FISMAD Scientific Committee,
• Gioacchino Leandro,
• Piero Alberto Testoni
Published online: April 18, 2018
p725-727
Is immediate postoperative fibrosis-4 really a good predictor of liver failure following hepatocellular carcinoma curative surgery?
• Fu-Shan Xue,
• Ya-Yang Liu,
• Hui-Xian Li,
• Qing Liu
Published online: April 10, 2018
p727-728

Endoscopic treatment of anastomotic leaks – A tailored approach
• Eduardo Rodrigues-Pinto,
• Rui Morais,
• Pedro Pereira,
• Guilherme Macedo
Published online: April 04, 2018
p728-730

Knowledge and practice regarding the German and the EASL-EASD-EASO NAFLD-guidelines among members of the German Obesity Society
• David Petroff,
• Matthias Blüher,
• Johannes Wiegand
Published online: March 30, 2018
p731-733

How clinicians and pathologists interact concerning inflammatory bowel disease in Italy: An IG-IBD survey
• Fabio Salvatore Macaluso,
• Ambrogio Orlando,
• Gabrio Bassotti,
• Aroldo Gabriele Rizzo,
• Alessandro Armuzzi,
• Vincenzo Villanacci,
• Collaborating Authors,
• Elisabetta Antonelli,
• Marco Ventimiglia,
• Mario Cottone,
• Fernando Rizzello
Published online: March 22, 2018
p734-736

Towards a RAS mutation status in a single day for patients with advanced colorectal cancers
• Fanny Barel,
• Laurent Doucet,
• Arnaud Uguen
Published online: March 13, 2018
p736-739