Endoscopic polidocanol foam sclerobanding for the treatment of grade II-III internal hemorrhoids: A prospective, multi-center, randomized study.

Background: Endoscopic rubber band ligation (ERBL) is a nonsurgical technique for the treatment of symptomatic internal hemorrhoids but is limited by recurrence and post-procedural pain.

Aim: To evaluate satisfaction, long-term recurrence, and post-procedural pain in managing internal hemorrhoids using a combination of polidocanol foam sclerotherapy and ERBL.

Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter, randomized study.

The value of LCI-based modified Kyoto classification risk scoring system in predicting the risk of early gastric cancer.

Objective: To study and compare the value of the Kyoto classification risk scoring system and the modified Kyoto classification risk scoring system based on linked color imaging (LCI) in predicting the risk of early gastric cancer.

Methods: One hundred and fifty patients with pathologically confirmed non-cardia early gastric cancer by endoscopic LCI and 150 non-gastric cancer patients matched for age and gender were included. Basic patient data and whole gastric endoscopic images under LCI were collected, and the images were scored according to the LCI-based Kyoto classification risk scoring system and the LCI-based modified Kyoto classification risk scoring system.

Linked color imaging-based endoscopic grading of gastric intestinal metaplasia and histological gastritis staging in the assessment of gastric cancer risk.

Objective: To evaluate the value and compare the effectiveness of linked color imaging-based endoscopic grading of gastric intestinal metaplasia (LCI-EGGIM) and operative link on gastric intestinal metaplasia (OLGIM) in risk stratification of early gastric cancer (EGC).

Methods: Eighty-one patients with EGC who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection were included. The general data and EGC-related risk factors of all participants were recorded.

Gastric intestinal metaplasia assessment between linked color imaging based on endoscopy and pathology.

Objective: Cumulative evidence suggests that linked color imaging (LCI) can be used to identify gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM). We aimed to develop endoscopic grading for GIM (EGGIM) with LCI.

Methods: Two hundred and seventy-seven patients who underwent high-resolution white-light gastroscopy followed by LCI for EGGIM estimation were included.

Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 and Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein Related to Acute Kidney Injury in Severe Acute Pancreatitis Rats.

Background: Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) usually results in acute renal failure. Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) and vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) may participate in disease progression.

Aim: To investigate the renal expression of MMP-9 and VASP in SAP rats with acute kidney injury.