Vol 6, No 13 (July 13, 2018): Annals of Translational Medicine (Focus on “Quality in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy”)

Preface on Quality in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy1

Quality in gastrointestinal endoscopy: the preface
Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Spyridon Michopoulos, Cesare Hassan
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Review Article on Quality in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy1

Critical appraisal of guidelines for screening and surveillance of Barrett’s esophagus
Spyridon Michopoulos
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What defines quality in small bowel capsule endoscopy
Ioannis V. Mitselos, Dimitrios K. Christodoulou
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Quality in upper gastrointestinal endoscopic submucosal dissection
Flaminia Purchiaroni, Guido Costamagna, Cesare Hassan
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Ten quality indicators for endoscopic submucosal dissection: what should be monitored and reported to improve quality
Lorenzo Fuccio, Pradeep Bhandari, Roberta Maselli, Leonardo Frazzoni, Thierry Ponchon, Franco Bazzoli, Alessandro Repici
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Original Article on Quality in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy1

Monitoring of colonoscopy quality indicators in an academic endoscopy facility reveals adherence to international recommendations
Stefanos Karamaroudis, Aliki Stamou, Stamatia C. Vorri, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Vasilios Papadopoulos, Georgios Tziatzios, Aikaterini Karagouni, Panagiota Katsouli, George D. Dimitriadis, Konstantinos Triantafyllou
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Review Article on Quality in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy1

Quality in endoscopy training—the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography case
Ivan Jovanovic, Klaus Mönkemüller
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How to measure quality in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Alexander Krumov Katzarov, Zdravko Ivanov Dunkov, Ivan Popadiin, Krum Sotirov Katzarov
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How to measure quality in endoscopic ultrasound
Antonio Facciorusso, Rosario Vincenzo Buccino, Nicola Muscatiello
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Case Report on Quality in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy1

Full spectrum endoscopy for an easy and adequate visualization of Vater’s papilla
Ioannis S. Papanikolaou, Georgios Tziatzios, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Konstantinos Triantafyllou
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Adhering to quality medical care: a case report of upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to self-expandable metal stent placed for benign duodenal obstruction
Polychronis Gatos-Gatopoulos, Georgios Tziatzios, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Konstantinos Triantafyllou
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Original Article

Use of lung-protective strategies during one-lung ventilation surgery: a multi-institutional survey
Biniam Kidane, Stephen Choi, Dalilah Fortin, Turlough O’Hare, George Nicolaou, Neal H. Badner, Richard I. Inculet, Peter Slinger, Richard A. Malthaner
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Health-related quality of life measure distinguishes between low and high clinical T stages in esophageal cancer
Biniam Kidane, Amir Ali, Joanne Sulman, Rebecca Wong, Jennifer J. Knox, Gail E. Darling
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DUSP2 methylation is a candidate biomarker of outcome in head and neck cancer
Cristiana Lo Nigro, Daniela Vivenza, Nerina Denaro, Laura Lattanzio, Mirella Fortunato, Tim Crook, Marco Carlo Merlano
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Case Report

Management of ruptured liver segment IV hepatocellular carcinoma: is transarterial embolization (TAE) superior to chemoembolization (TACE)? —the jury is still out
Anargyros Bakopoulos, Nikolaos Koliakos, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Dimitrios Schizas, Demetrios Moris, Argiris Angelopoulos, Spyridon Spanakos, Eleftherios Spartalis, Pavlos Patapis, Panagiotis Skandalakis, Theodoros Troupis
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Meet the Professor2

Professor Sebastian Brandner: the next frontiers of molecular diagnostics of brain tumours—interrogating epigenetic profiles of brain tumours
Anne Lu
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Professor Bing Peng: there is no shortcut to anywhere you want to go
Chen Gao
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Editorial

“Remote” myokine protects from pulmonary ischemia/reperfusion injury by a surprising “proximal” control mechanism
Jürgen Bernhagen
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The role of dobutamine stress echocardiography based projected aortic valve area in assessing patients with classical low-flow lowgradient aortic stenosis
Mohinder R. Vindhyal, Paul M. Ndunda, Zaher Fanari
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Suppression of monocyte inflammatory and coagulopathy responses in HIV infection
Reena Rajasuriar, Anna C. Hearps, Suzanne M. Crowe, Joshua J. Anzinger, Clovis S. Palmer
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Is there a beneficial effect of adding azathioprine to adalimumab in Crohn’s disease patients?
Mark Löwenberg
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DIAMOND study: an additional evidence of the interest of being proactive in IBD
Xavier Roblin, Mathurin Flamant
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Perspective

Telomere length: is the future in our “ends”?
Elisa Danese, Giuseppe Lippi
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Disclosure:

1. The series “Quality in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Spyridon Michopoulos and Cesare Hassan served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

2. The series “Meet the Professor” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding.