Variation and Arrangement of the Digastric Muscle in a Chinese Population.

The digastric, a prominent anatomic feature of the head and neck, exhibits clear ethnographic differences in the incidence of variation in its anterior belly (AB) and the relationship of its intermediate tendon (IT) to the stylohyoid (SH). There is a limited amount of information available regarding the digastric in the Chinese population, with most descriptions being individual cases. The present study aims to investigate the variability of AB, elucidate the relationship between IT and SH, and further address the arrangement of individual digastric muscles according to the type of AB and posterior belly (PB) of the digastric, as well as IT, in a Chinese population.

Intestinal stricture in Crohn's disease: A 2020 update.

Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic and relapsing-remitting inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. Approximately 70% of patients inevitably develop fibrosis-associated intestinal stricture after 10 years of CD diagnosis, which seriously affects their quality of life. Current therapies play limited role in preventing or reversing the process of fibrosis and no specific anti-fibrotic therapy is yet available.

Systematic review and meta-analysis: Association of a pre-illness Western dietary pattern with the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease.

Objective: Previous studies have presented conflicting results on Western diets and the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study aimed to evaluate the role of a pre-illness Western dietary pattern in the development of IBD.

Methods: The Western dietary pattern was defined as that met at least two of the following, either a high intake of refined grains, red and processed meat, animal protein, animal fats or high-fat dairy products, or with a low consumption of fruit and vegetables.