Liver cancer is also known as a hepatic cancer or which originates in the liver. Liver tumors have been discovered on medical imaging equipment (often by accident) symptomatically as an abdominal mass, abdominal pain, yellow skin and liver dysfunction. The leading cause of the liver cancer is cirrhosis which is caused due to either hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or alcohol.

 Recent Advancements in Gastrointestinal pathology\r\n

•  Epigastric pain
• Immunohistology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

 The Liver Transplantation SIG provides a forum within AASLD for the exploration of topics of common interest to hepatologists, surgeons and other health care professionals with a primary interest in liver transplantation and hepatobiliary surgery. The steering committee is interdisciplinary, mirroring patterns of care for patients with these conditions. Liver Transplantation is a surgical procedure performed to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver from another person. The liver may come from a deceased donor or from a living donor. Family members or individuals who are unrelated but make a good match may be able to donate a portion of their liver. This type of transplant is called a living tran

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. The condition can be self-limiting or can progress to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis or liver cancer. Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis in the world but other infections, toxic substances (e.g. alcohol, certain drugs), and autoimmune diseases can also cause hepatitis.

\r\n Digestive system surgery, or gastrointestinal surgery, can be divided into upper GI surgery and lower GI surgery. Upper gastrointestinal surgery, regularly alluded to as upper GI surgery, alludes to a routine with regards to surgery that spotlights on the upper parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Lower gastrointestinal surgery incorporates colorectal surgery and surgery of the small digestive system. Academically, it refers to a sub-specialisation of medical practise whereby a general surgeon focuses on the lower gastrointestinal tract.

\r\n
• \r\n Gastrectomy
\r\n
• \r\n Colectomy
\r\n
• \r\n Laparoscopy Surgery
\r\n

The increase in the use of herbal and dietary supplements (HDSs) over the last decades has been accompanied by an increase in the reports of HDS-associated hepatotoxicity. The spectrum of HDS-induced liver injury is diverse and the outcome may vary from transient liver test increases to fulminant hepatic failure resulting in death or requiring liver transplant. There are no validated standardized tools to establish the diagnosis, but some HDS products have a typical clinical signature that may help to identify HDS-induced liver injury.

\r\n Bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) includes a variety of procedures performed on people who have obesity. Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band or through removal of a portion of the stomach (sleeve gastrostomy or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch) or by resecting and re-routing the small intestine to a small stomach pouch (gastric bypass surgery). Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver transplantation is a treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure, although availability of donor organs is a major limitation. The most common technique is orthotropic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and replaced by the donor organ in the same anatomic position as the original liver.

\r\n
• \r\n Types of Bariatric Surgery
\r\n
• \r\n Bariatric Surgery procedures
\r\n
• \r\n Procedure for Liver Transplantation
\r\n

 The liver is responsible for many critical functions within the body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons. If it becomes diseased or injured, the loss of those functions can cause significant damage to the body. There are over 100 different forms of liver disease that affect men, women and children. These diseases include cirrhosis, alcohol abuse, hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, Epstein Barr virus (infectious mononucleosis), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and iron overload (hemochromatosis). The main symptoms of liver imbalance include weakness and fatigue, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and yellow discolouration of the skin (jaundice).

Abdominal pain, also called a stomach ache, is pain that is typically located under the rib cage and above the pelvic region. An inflammation that affects the small or large intestines, kidneys, appendix, spleen, stomach, gallbladder, liver or pancreas can cause abdominal pain. Infections (viral, bacterial or parasitic) that affect the intestines and stomach may cause severe abdominal pain. Your primary care doctor can typically diagnose abdominal pain by evaluating your physical signs and symptoms. Treatment for abdominal pain is dependent upon the conditions that could be causing the pain, the age of the patient and the patient’s medical history. Patients with a viral stomach bug or indigestion may be able to alleviate symptoms by resting the stomach and avoiding eating for a period.

\r\n The Intestinal Rehabilitation Program is the latest treatments to help your child’s intestine work well if affected by disease (like short bowel syndrome), injury or a surgery that removed part of it. With recent advances in diet, medicine and surgery, we have greatly reduced the need for intestine organ transplants in children. Intestinal rehabilitation is the process of gradually restoring the intestine’s ability to digest food and absorb nutrients. This is done through diet, medicines and surgery other than organ (intestine) transplant. Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is a complete form of nutrition given into the blood through a vein (intravenously) by a central line placed in the child’s chest, neck or groin.

\r\n
• \r\n Adverse effects of Intestinal Surgery
\r\n
• \r\n Intestinal Rehabilitation Centers
\r\n
• \r\n Benefits of Intestinal Rehabilitation
\r\n
• \r\n Short Bowel Syndrome
\r\n

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) can affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including the esophagus, stomach and intestines.They are disorders of function (how the GI tract works), not structural or biochemical abnormalities. Functional GI disorders are disorders of gut–brain interaction. It is a group of disorders classified by GI symptoms related to any combination of the following: motility disturbance, visceral hypersensitivity, altered mucosal and immune function, altered gut microbiota, and altered central nervous system (CNS) processing.

Clinical Gastroenterology is a series of concise monographs on diseases commonly encountered in the clinical practice of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. Particular emphasis is placed on areas in which knowledge is advancing rapidly. Clinical Gastroenterology includes practical information of companies or laboratories that perform specialized testing, relative costs of diagnostic and therapeutic options.

Metabolism

• Management of intestinal failure
•  Home care
• Nutrient absorption
•  Nutritional assessment

\r\n In the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, normal physiological changes during pregnancy produce dramatic modifications. Pregnancy, therefore, poses a unique medical stress to the GI tract, and for many women, is a period of vulnerability for the development of new or exacerbation of existing GI disorders. These changes may cause new symptoms, worsen preexisting disease, or mask potentially deadly disease. A lack of experience in dealing with these symptoms can have devastating effects. The physician must be able to distinguish whether these symptoms are those of normal pregnancy or a potentially life-threatening complication such as preeclampsia. The physician must also know which medications are safe in pregnancy, as well as which tests are safe to perform during pregnancy.

\r\n
• \r\n Gastroenterological conditions in pregnant woman
\r\n
• \r\n Most common Gastroenterological disorders in Pregnant Woman
\r\n

\r\n Researchers are investigating new treatments for IBS. Serum-derived bovine immunoglobulin/protein isolate (SBI), a nutritional therapy, has shown some promise as a treatment for IBS with diarrhea.Studies also show that, in people who have IBS with diarrhoea, a specially coated tablet that slowly releases peppermint oil in the small intestine (enteric-coated peppermint oil) eases bloating, urgency, abdominal pain and pain while passing stool. It isn't clear how enteric-coated peppermint oil might affect IBS, so ask your doctor before using it.

\r\n
• \r\n Diet, Medications, Supplements for IBS
\r\n
• \r\n IBS Treatment
\r\n
• \r\n Comprehensive or Alternative Therapies
\r\n

\r\n Paediatric gastroenterology developed as a sub-specialty of paediatrics and gastroenterology. It is concerned with treating the gastrointestinal tract, liver and pancreas of children from infancy until age eighteen. The principal diseases it is concerned with are acute diarrhoea, persistent vomiting, gastritis, and problems with the development of the gastric tract. The correct function of the gastric tract and the internal health is related to the nutrition that the child or its mother receives. From the prenatal period, correct nutrition can affect the developing of the system, short bowel syndrome (the most common one), necrotizing enterocolitis, gastroschisis or omphalocele to the postnatal period with diseases such as diarrhoea.

\r\n
• \r\n Necrotizing Enterocolitis
\r\n
• \r\n Aspiration
\r\n
• \r\n Hematemesis
\r\n
• \r\n Apnoea
\r\n
• \r\n Omphalocele
\r\n

 Pancreas is an organ, which plays a major role in digestion and hormone production. Disorders of pancreas include acute pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer and hereditary pancreatitis. The journal stocks up information about pancreatic disorders, methods of detection, different therapies and advanced treatments to overcome pancreatic disorders.

Pancreas is a portion of human digestive system. It does two foremost things. It creates pancreatic juice which consists of substances called pancreatic enzymes. These enzymes aid to break down food so the body can absorb it. The pancreatic juice flows down through a tube called the pancreatic duct, which goes through the length of the pancreas and empties into the duodenum (the first part of the small intestines).  The pancreas is responsible to produce hormones called as Insulin, which control sugar levels in the blood. Both of these processes can be affected if the pancreas isn’t working properly.

\r\n Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition the team of paediatric gastroenterologists, hepatologists, dieticians, clinicians and nurses is dedicated to helping children with common or complex gastrointestinal, liver and nutritional problems. The goals of the Gastroenterology Division are to provide outstanding medical care to persons with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, to train gastroenterology and to perform cutting-edge biomedical research to improve our understanding of digestive diseases.

\r\n
• \r\n Liver Enlargement
\r\n
• \r\n Portal Hypertension
\r\n
• \r\n Trans hepatic pancreatic-Cholangiography
\r\n
• \r\n Hepatitis A and E
\r\n
• \r\n Alcoholic Liver Disease
\r\n

Gastro-endocrinology is the study, diagnostics, and treatment of the disorders in the digestive system. The disorders of the endocrine system may affect the small intestine, stomach, large intestine, rectum, liver, pancreas, and oesophagus. Gastro endocrinology is the branch of solution concentrated on the digestive framework and its issue. In the United States, gastro-endocrinology is an inside drug subspecialty affirmed by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine (AOBIM).

 Recto scope

•  Benefits and risk factors of Surgical endoscopy

Gastroenterology involves the diagnosis and treatment of digestive system disorders affecting the oesophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, rectum, liver, gall bladder and pancreas. Before treatment can begin, your doctor needs to determine the source of the problem with certain gastroenterology tests.

Imaging becomes more and more important for all clinical specialities, including gastroenterology. This issue is focusing on some very interesting and new applications of imaging procedures in liver, biliary tract, and digestive tube pathology. The content is representative for this “new era” of visual diagnosis that we live. In the article entitled “Preliminary study on hepatocyte-targeted phosphorus-31 MRS using ATP-loaded galactosylated chitosan oligosaccharide nanoparticles” are describing their preliminary work on MR spectroscopy for evaluating the hepatocyte uptake of ATP-loaded Gal-CSO (Gal-CSO/ATP) nanoparticles.

• Advanced Imaging in Gastroenterology
• Medical Imaging
• Gastrointestinal Radiology
• Imaging Systems