Do obesity and diabetes increase the frequency and risk of bile reflux gastritis post-cholecystectomy?

<br><b>Introduction:</b> Biliary gastropathy is a disease characterized by upper abdominal pain, frequent heartburn, nausea, and vomiting of bile. It is caused by the backward flow of duodenal fluid into the stomach and esophagus.</br> <br><b>Aim:</b> A retrospective cohort study was performed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of bile reflux gastritis secondary to cholecystectomy and to evaluate the endoscopic and histopathologic changes in gastric mucosa caused by bile reflux gastritis.

Post-cholecystectomy bile reflux gastritis: Prevalence, risk factors, and clinical characteristics.

Objective: Bile reflux gastritis is caused by the backward flow of duodenal fluid into the stomach. A retrospective cohort study was performed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of bile reflux gastritis postcholecystectomy, and to evaluate the endoscopic and histopathologic changes in gastric mucosa.

Methods: Patients with refractory upper abdominal pain right below the ribs with symptoms of bloating, burping, nausea, vomiting, and bile regurgitation during the period from January 2018 to December 2020, submitted to Zagazig University Hospitals were enrolled in this study.

Bile reflux gastropathy: Prevalence and risk factors after therapeutic biliary interventions: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Bile reflux gastropathy is caused by the backward flow of duodenal fluid into the stomach. A retrospective cohort study was performed to declare if the therapeutic biliary interventions cause bile reflux gastropathy, and to estimate its prevalence and risk factors, and to evaluate the gastric mucosa endoscopic and histopathologic changes.

Methods: 62 patients, with epigastric pain and/or dyspeptic symptoms, were grouped into, : (34) patients that had undergone cholecystectomy and : (28) patients who had undergone at least one of the following procedures for the treatment of benign pathology: endoscopic sphincterotomy and endoscopic stenting.

Ossified Spinal Meningioma: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature.

Ossified spinal meningiomas are a rare form of spinal tumors. These tumors increase surgical morbidities due to their hard consistency and strong adhesion to the neural tissue and relatively narrow surgical space. Here, the authors describe the clinical findings, surgical strategies, and histological findings of a patient with an ossified meningioma.

Impact of Successful Choanal Atresia Repair on the Nasal Mucosa: A Preliminary Study.

 The main histological features of the nasal mucosa in choanal atresia are distorted cilia, marked increase of mucous submucosal glands associated with marked reduction of goblet cell density, and lymphocytic cellular infiltration.  To study the nasal mucosal changes in cases of choanal atresia after successful repair compared with pre-repair mucosal histological features.  Tissue samples were taken from the inferior turbinate of 3 patients (1 bilateral and 2 unilateral) who were successfully operated.

Emerging Role of Probiotics in the Management of Helicobacter pylori Infection: Histopathologic Perspectives.

Background: There is growing evidence from preclinical and clinical studies that emphasizes the efficacy of probiotics in the management of Helicobacter (H) pylori infection; it increased the eradication rate, improved patient clinical manifestations and lowered treatment associated side effects.

Aim: In this review we documented the potential ability of probiotics to ameliorate H. pylori induced histological features.

Surfactant protein a expression in chronic rhinosinusitis and atrophic rhinitis.

Introduction Surfactant protein A (SP-A) exhibits antimicrobial properties and interacts with a variety of respiratory tract pathogens. Objective The objective of this study was to detect the presence of SP-A and measure its alterations in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and primary atrophic rhinitis (PAR) versus healthy controls. Methods Inferior turbinate and sinus mucosal biopsies were taken from 30 patients with CRS, 30 patients with PAR, and 20 healthy controls.

Choanal atresia: histochemical, immunohistochemical and ultrastructure study of the nasal mucosa.

Objectives: To study the nasal mucosal changes in cases with choanal atresia at the light and electron microscope and to compare the results with the normal side in unilateral cases.

Study Design: Cross sectional study.

Setting: Tertiary University hospital, departments of Otolaryngology and pathology.

Protective effect of resveratrol against doxorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity and fibrosis in male experimental rats.

The possible effectiveness of resveratrol, a polyphenol present in different plants comprising berries, grapes and peanuts, on the prevention of doxorubicin-induced cardiac toxicity and fibrosis was investigated. Forty adult male Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups. Group I received normal saline, group II gavaged with resveratrol (20 mg/kg, daily for 4 weeks), group III received doxorubicin (2.

Lactobacillus reuteri in management of Helicobacter pylori infection in dyspeptic patients: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial.

Introduction: The eradication rate of Helicobacter pylori following the standard triple therapy is declining. This study was conducted to test whether the addition of Lactobacillus reuteri to the standard triple therapy improves the eradication rates as well as the clinical and pathological aspects in H. pylori infection.