The prevalence of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease in the Turkish population: A multicenter study.

Background And Aim: The objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) in patients with dyspepsia.

Materials And Methods: A total of 909 consecutive patients who presented with dyspepsia at 8 tertiary care centers in Turkey between March 2019 and December 2019 were included.

Results: The median age was 47 years.

Hemobilia Causing Acute Cholecystitis and Pancreatitis after Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

We report a case of a 75-year-old woman who developed acute cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis due to hemobilia after a percutaneous liver biopsy. She was admitted to our hospital 13 days after the procedure. The patient presented with cholangitis and acute biliary pancreatitis and underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

Serum hepcidin levels are related to serum markers for iron metabolism and fibrosis stage in patients with chronic hepatitis B: A cross-sectional study.

Background And Study Aims: The clinical significance of serum parameters of iron metabolism and hepcidin in liver disease remains unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the association of serum hepcidin levels with fibrosis stage and serum iron parameters in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).

Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 126 treatment-naïve patients with CHB (median age, 39.

The relationship between reflux symptoms and glycogenic acanthosis lesions of the oesophagus.

Introduction: Glycogenic acanthosis (GA) is a benign, polypoid lesion frequently seen in upper endoscopy with little known aetiology. Information about how it occurs and its clinical significance is lacking.

Aim: In this study, the relationship between GA and reflux symptoms was investigated in patients who underwent endoscopy due to reflux symptoms.

The Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori babA, homB, aspA, and sabA Genes and Its Relationship with Clinical Outcomes in Turkey.

Background And Aims: The cag A and vac A genes of are closely associated with the pathogenicity of bacteria. However, the significance of H. pylori , and genes is not clear in phenotypic characteristics of virulence.

An investigation of NIS expression in gastric tissue of obese individuals.

Obesity is seen as one of the top ten (10) illness's listed by World Health Organization (WHO). It is a global problem that can affect people of all ages. Obesity is identified one of the most important factors leading to diabetes, heart disease and hypertension.

Relationship between liver injury and serum cytokeratin 18 levels in asymptomatic hepatitis B virus carriers and in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection.

Background And Study Aims: Apoptosis represents a well-known mechanism of cell death involved in most chronic liver injuries. Our aim was to investigate the serum fragment level of cytokeratin 18 (CK18), M30, in asymptomatic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers and patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and to evaluate the relationship between serum M30 levels and the severity of hepatic injury.

Patients And Methods: Asymptomatic HBV carriers (n=169), patients with CHB (n=100), and healthy control subjects (n=43) were enrolled in the study.

Comparison of Early and Interval Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis. Which is Better? A Multicentered Study.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to compare early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and LCs performed at different time intervals for treatment of acute cholecystitis, contribute to the literature with data obtained from different centers, and provide assistance to clinicians about the timing of LC in acute cholecystitis.

Materials And Methods: The study was designed as a retrospective, observational, and multicentered study. The data of 470 patients who had undergone LC for treatment of acute cholecystitis between January 2010 and March 2016 were included.

Study of ideal topical pharyngeal anesthesia in upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.

Background/aims: This study is designed to determine which drug forms provide ideal pharyngeal anesthesia when used during upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy.

Materials And Methods: A total of 180 patients were included in the study. Using the random number table, these patients were divided into three groups.

Peginterferon alfa related psoriasis in a patient with acute hepatitis C and review of the literature.

The Interferon (IFN) which is the standard treatment for Hepatitis C, may cause a lot of side effects including dermatological anomalies. This paper presents a psoriasis case which occurred in relation with the treatment of acute hepatitis C (AHC) with peginterferon alfa (peg-IFN-α). A 60-year-old male patient came to the hospital with symptoms of high liver enzymes.