NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE AND ITS COMPLICATIONS--ASSESSING THE POPULATION AT RISK. A SMALL SERIES REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW.

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to highlight correlations between serum biochemical markers and different degrees of liver inflammation or fibrosis revealed by liver biopsy in morbidly obese patients. We also wanted to emphasize that the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is increasingly associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Material And Methods: A clinical retrospective study was carried out on a series of 13 patients operated for morbid obesity in our surgical unit.

Spiral enteroscopy--a novel method for the management of small bowel diseases--case report and description of technique.

Small bowel diseases are associated with difficult management. Recently, new methods such as single or double balloon enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy have been implemented for the investigation of small bowel, but none is perfect. Spiral enteroscopy seems to be an alternative primising technique for the diagnosis and therapy of small bowel diseases.