Prospective comparative study between two first-line regimens for Helicobacter pylori eradication: Non-bismuth quadruple versus bismuth quadruple therapy.

Background: The Maastricht V Consensus recommends quadruple therapies as first-line Helicobacter pylori treatment in high clarithromycin (CLA) resistance areas.

Aims: To compare efficacy, side effects and compliance between quadruple concomitant non-bismuth vs bismuth quadruple therapy.

Method: Prospective study enrolling H.

Standard criteria versus Rosemont classification for EUS-diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis.

Aim: to study the possible differences in the final diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis by using standard classification described by Wiersema et al. and the new classification proposed recently by Rosemont.

Material And Methods: forty-seven patients with the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis were included in this study.

Endoscopic visceral fat removal as therapy for obesity and metabolic syndrome: a sham-controlled pilot study (with video).

Background: Increased visceral adiposity is a key feature of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Previous studies have generated controversial results regarding visceral fat (VF) removal as a therapy for obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Objective: To study the effect of surgical VF removal on metabolic profiles in a mouse model of diet-induced obesity and metabolic syndrome and to evaluate for the first time the feasibility of endoscopic omentectomy using natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) technique as treatment for obesity and metabolic syndrome in a feline model.