UEGW 2019
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United European Gastroenterology Week
19–23 October 2019 Barcelona, Spain
Featured articles
Interview with UEG President Prof. Paul Fockens
CONTENTS
Online First
Upper GI Disorders
Locally active corticosteroid promising in eosinophilic oesophagitis
First-in-human radiofrequency vapor ablation in Barrett’s oesophagus
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Faecal microbiota transplantation is effective for irritable bowel syndrome
Human milk oligosaccharides improve IBS symptoms
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Practice-changing: infliximab in children with Crohn’s
Ustekinumab is safe and effective in ulcerative colitis: 2-year data
Ileal microbiota predict recurrence in CD patients after resection
Decreased microvilli length in CD patients
Phase 2 data shows benefit for mirikizumab in CD patients
Subcutaneous ustekinumab as maintenance therapy in UC
Global burden of digestive diseases reveals alarming trends
First evidence of long-term efficacy of ABX464 in ulcerative colitis
New treatment may reverse coeliac disease
IBD prevalence 3 times higher than estimated and expected to rise
Microbiome and Microbiota
Early stages of gastric metaplasia: molecular profiling
Plant-based foods and Mediterranean diet associated with healthy gut microbiome
Half of common medications wreak havoc on gut microbiome
Antibiotic resistance in H. pylori has doubled over last 20 years
Pancreatitis
New model predicts recurrence of acute biliary pancreatitis
Interim data on GOULASH-PLUS trial
Hepatology
Restrictive strategy for cholecystectomy selection does not reduce pain, but does reduce surgery
β-blockers may halt cirrhosis progression: PREDESCI trial
Obeticholic acid prevents liver fibrosis from NASH
Oncology
Metal stents are better than plastic for endoscopic biliary drainage
Ramosetron relieves low anterior resection syndrome
Immunonutrition during neoadjuvant oesophagogastric cancer therapy: no benefit
Endoscopy
EUS-guided histological specimens from the pancreatic cyst wall
Digital single-operator cholangioscopy more sensitive than endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
