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United European Gastroenterology Week

19–23 October 2019 Barcelona, Spain

Letter from the Editor

Editor

Dr Joost PH Drenth, Radboudumc Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Interview with UEG President Prof. Paul Fockens

Expert

Prof. Paul Fockens, Amsterdam University Medical Center, the Netherlands

Upper GI Disorders

Locally active corticosteroid promising in eosinophilic oesophagitis

Presented By

Prof. Alfredo Lucendo, Tomelloso General Hospital, Spain

First-in-human radiofrequency vapor ablation in Barrett’s oesophagus

Presented By

Dr Sanne Noortje van Munster, St. Antonius Hospital, the Netherlands

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Faecal microbiota transplantation is effective for irritable bowel syndrome

Presented By

Prof. Magdy El-Salhy, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway

Human milk oligosaccharides improve IBS symptoms

Presented By

Dr Olafur Palsson, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Practice-changing: infliximab in children with Crohn’s

Ustekinumab is safe and effective in ulcerative colitis: 2-year data

Presented By

Prof. Bruce Sands, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

Ileal microbiota predict recurrence in CD patients after resection

Decreased microvilli length in CD patients

Presented By

Prof. Thaddeus Stappenbeck, Washington School of Medicine at St Louis, Missouri, USA

Phase 2 data shows benefit for mirikizumab in CD patients

Presented By

Prof. Bruce Sands, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

Subcutaneous ustekinumab as maintenance therapy in UC

Presented By

Prof. Silvio Danese, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy

Global burden of digestive diseases reveals alarming trends

First evidence of long-term efficacy of ABX464 in ulcerative colitis

Presented By

Prof. Severine Vermeire, University Hospital Leuven, Belgium

New treatment may reverse coeliac disease

Presented By

Prof. Ciarán Kelly, Harvard Medical School, USA

IBD prevalence 3 times higher than estimated and expected to rise

Presented By

Dr Dominic King, University of Birmingham, UK

Microbiome and Microbiota

Early stages of gastric metaplasia: molecular profiling

Presented By

Dr William Waddingham, University College London, United Kingdom

Plant-based foods and Mediterranean diet associated with healthy gut microbiome

Presented By

Laura Bolte, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands

Half of common medications wreak havoc on gut microbiome

Antibiotic resistance in H. pylori has doubled over last 20 years

Presented By

Prof. Francis Megraud, University of Bordeaux, France

Pancreatitis

New model predicts recurrence of acute biliary pancreatitis

Presented By

Prof. Daniel de la Iglesia-Garcia, University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Interim data on GOULASH-PLUS trial

Expert

Dr Dorottya Kato, University of Pécs, Hungary

Hepatology

Restrictive strategy for cholecystectomy selection does not reduce pain, but does reduce surgery

Presented By

Prof. Joost Drenth, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

β-blockers may halt cirrhosis progression: PREDESCI trial

Expert

Prof. Candid Villaneuva, Hospital Creu Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Obeticholic acid prevents liver fibrosis from NASH

Presented By

Dr Isabel Graupera, Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain

Oncology

Metal stents are better than plastic for endoscopic biliary drainage

Presented By

Dr Anouk Latenstein, Amsterdam University Medical Center, the Netherlands

Ramosetron relieves low anterior resection syndrome

Presented By

Prof. Kyu Joo Park, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Immunonutrition during neoadjuvant oesophagogastric cancer therapy: no benefit

Presented By

Prof. Sheraz Markar, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Endoscopy

EUS-guided histological specimens from the pancreatic cyst wall

Presented By

Prof. Borjan Kovacevic, University Hospital Copenhagen, Denmark

Digital single-operator cholangioscopy more sensitive than endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Presented By

Dr Christian Gerges, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany

New single-use duodenoscope well-liked by endoscopists

Presented By

Dr Andrew Ross, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Washington, USA

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Featured articles

Upper GI Disorders

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Microbiome and Microbiota

Pancreatitis

Hepatology

Oncology

Endoscopy