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ISSN 1007-9327 CN 14-1219/R W o r ld J o u World Journal of r n a l o f Gastroenterology G ® a s t r o e n Volume 14 Number 6 t e r o February 14, 2008 lo g y w w w . w j g n e t . c o m V National Journal Award o 2005 lu m e 1 4 World Journal of N u m b Gastroenterology e r 0 Editorial Department of World Journal of Gastroenterology 6 77 Shuangta Xijie, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China Telephone: +86-351-4078656 E-mail: [email protected] F e http://www.wjgnet.com b 1 Indexed and Abstracted in: Volume 14 Number 6 4 Current Contents®/Clinical Medicine, Science February 14, 2008 Citation Index Expanded (also known as World J Gastroenterol SciSearch®) and Journal Citation Reports/Science 2008 February 14; 14(6): 821-984 Edition, Index Medicus, MEDLINE and PubMed, Online Submissions Chemical Abstracts, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, 2 wjg.wjgnet.com 0 Abstracts Journals, Nature Clinical Practice 08 Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CAB Abstracts www.wjgnet.com and Global Health. 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ISSN 1007-9327 CN 14-1219/R Local Post Offices Code No. 82-261 A Weekly Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology World Journal of Gastroenterology Editorial Board 2007-2009 http://www.wjgnet.com E-mail: [email protected] HONORARY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Andrew D Clouston, Sydney Canada Montgomery Bissell, San Francisco Graham Cooksley, Queensland Fernando Alvarez, Québec James L Boyer, New Haven Darrell HG Crawford, Brisbane David Armstrong, Ontario Ke-Ji Chen, Beijing Adrian G Cummins, Woodville South Jeffrey P Baker, Toronto Li-Fang Chou, Taipei Guy D Eslick, Sydney Olivier Barbier, Québec Jacques V Dam, Stanford Michael A Fink, Melbourne Nancy Baxter, Toronto Martin H Floch, New Haven Robert JL Fraser, Daw Park Matthew Bjerknes, Toronto Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, New Haven Mark D Gorrell, Sydney Frank J Burczynski, Winnipeg Zhi-Qiang Huang, Beijing Yik-Hong Ho, Townsville Michael F Byrne, Vancouver Shinn-Jang Hwang, Taipei Gerald J Holtmann, Adelaide Wang-Xue Chen, Ottawa Ira M Jacobson, New 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PET/CT combined with conventional colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening and staging Sun L, Wu H, Guan YS TOPIC HIGHLIGHT 864 Stem cells for liver tissue repair: Current knowledge and perspectives Lysy PA, Campard D, Smets F, Najimi M, Sokal EM BASIC RESEARCH 876 Berberine reverses free-fatty-acid-induced insulin resistance in 3T3-L1 adipocytes through targeting IKKβ Yi P, Lu FE, Xu LJ, Chen G, Dong H, Wang KF CLINICAL RESEARCH 884 H pylori (CagA) and Epstein-Barr virus infection in gastric carcinomas: Correlation with p53 mutation and c-Myc, Bcl-2 and Bax expression Lima VP, de Lima MAP, André AR, Ferreira MVP, Barros MAP, Rabenhorst SHB 892 Assessment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors with computed tomography following treatment with imatinib mesylate Phongkitkarun S, Phaisanphrukkun C, Jatchavala J, Sirachainan E RAPID COMMUNICATION 899 Protective effect of some vitamins against the toxic action of ethanol on liver regeneration induced by partial hepatectomy in rats Ramírez-Farías C, Madrigal-Santillán E, Gutiérrez-Salinas J, Rodríguez-Sánchez N, Martínez-Cruz M, Valle-Jones I, Gramlich-Martínez I, Hernández-Ceruelos A, Morales-González JA www.wjgnet.com World Journal of Gastroenterology Contents Volume 14 Number 6 February 14, 2008 908 H pylori eradication: A randomized prospective study of triple therapy with or without ecabet sodium Kim HW, Kim GH, Cheong JY, Yang US, Park SK, Song CS, Kang DH, Song GA 913 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the Philippines: Comparable with other nations? De Lusong MAA, Labio E, Daez L, Gloria V 918 Melatonin reduces bacterial translocation and apoptosis in trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-induced colitis of rats Akcan A, Kucuk C, Sozuer E, Esel D, Akyildiz H, Akgun H, Muhtaroglu S, Aritas Y 925 Persistence of side population cells with high drug effl ux capacity in pancreatic cancer Zhou J, Wang CY, Liu T, Wu B, Zhou F, Xiong JX, Wu HS, Tao J, Zhao G, Yang M, Gou SM 931 Psychological intervention reduces postembolization pain during hepatic arterial chemoembolization therapy: A complementary approach to drug analgesia Wang ZX, Liu SL, Sun CH, Wang Q 936 Dissection of No. 13 lymph node in radical gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma Shen DF, Chen DW, Quan ZW, Dong P, Wang XF, Xu HZ, Zhao ML, Chen L CASE REPORT 939 Pancreatic tuberculosis in a human immunodefi ciency virus positive patient: A case report Cheng J, Tadi K, Halpern M, Feurdean M, McNelis J, Brensilver J 941 Familial occurrence of congenital bile duct dilatation Iwasaki J, Ogura Y, Nakagawa S, Kato K, Kondo A, Shiraki K 944 Three cases of Peutz-Jeghers-type hamartomatous polyp in the duodenum Suzuki S, Hirasaki S, Ikeda F, Yumoto E, Yamane H, Matsubara M 948 Toothpick impaction with sigmoid colon pseudodiverticulum formation successfully treated with colonoscopy Chung YS, Chung YW, Moon SY, Yoon SM, Kim MJ, Kim KO, Park CH, Hahn T, Yoo KS, Park SH, Kim JH, Park CK 951 Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule as the fi rst sign of pregnancy-associated gastric cancer: A case report Fill S, Taran A, Schulz HU, Kahl S, Kalinski T, Smith B, Costa SD 954 Intestinal pseudo-obstruction: An uncommon condition with heterogeneous etiology and unpredictable outcome Georgescu EF, Vasile I, Ionescu R 960 Aggressive behaviour of solid-pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in adults: A case report and review of the literature Sperti C, Berselli M, Pasquali C, Pastorelli D, Pedrazzoli S www.wjgnet.com World Journal of Gastroenterology Contents Volume 14 Number 6 February 14, 2008 966 Colonic duplication in an adult mimicking a tumor of pancreas Carneiro FP, de Nazareth Sobreira M, de Azevedo AEB, Alves APR, Campos KM 969 Synchronous colorectal and lung cancer: Report of three cases Peng YF, Gu J 974 Graft-verse-host disease after liver transplantation: A report of two cases and review of literature Guo ZY, He XS, Wu LW, Zhu XF, Ju WQ, Wang DP, You S, Ma Y, Wang GD, Huang JF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 980 Acknowledgments to Reviewers of World Journal of Gastroenterology APPENDIX 981 Meetings 982 Instructions to authors FLYLEAF I-V Editorial Board INSIDE FRONT COVER Online Submissions INSIDE BACK COVER Online Submissions RESPONSIBLE EDITORS Assistant Editor: Yan Jiang Review Editor: Jing Zhu Electronic Page Editor: Hai-Feng Wang Editor-in-Charge: Hai-Ning Zhang Copy Editor: Osman Cavit Ozdogan, Associate Professor FOR THIS ISSUE Associate Senior Editor: Ye Liu Layout Editor: Lian-Sheng Ma NAME OF JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION DEPUTY DIRECTOR Martin Hennenberg, Bonn World Journal of Gastroenterology RMB 50 Yuan for each issue, RMB 2400 Jian-Zhong Zhang, Beijing Eberhard Hildt, Berlin Yuan for one year Patricia F Lalor, Birmingham RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTION LANGUAGE EDITORS Ming Li, New Orleans Department of Science and Technology CSSN Director: Jing-Yun Ma, Beijing Margaret Lutze, Chicago of Shanxi Province ISSN 1007-9327 Deputy Director: Xian-Lin Wang, Beijing MI Torrs, Jaén CN 14-1219/R Sri Prakash Misra, Allahabad SPONSOR MEMBERS Giovanni Monteleone, Rome Taiyuan Research and Treatment Center HONORARY EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Gianfranco D Alpini, Temple Giovanni Musso, Torino for Digestive Diseases, 77 Shuangta Ke-Ji Chen, Beijing BS Anand, Houston Valerio Nobili, Rome Xijie, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, Li-Fang Chou, Taipei Richard B Banati, Lidcombe Osman Cavit Ozdogan, Istanbul China Zhi-Qiang Huang, Beijing Giuseppe Chiarioni, Valeggio Francesco Perri, San Giovanni Rotondo Shinn-Jang Hwang, Taipei John Frank Di Mari, Texas Thierry Piche, Nice EEGTDadaiiyIsttTuorarIoniNea nlG0 tB3e0roo0al0rod1g ,yo ,f 7W7o rSldh Juoaurnngatl ao fX ijie, MNJGieiei-cnnSh-ghLo-oliTaauasn oLgF iL K,L iNuuaR,oa B,nu jTesiinsajigoinp,g eRiochester MAMShtaaiafrrnit oiInnq oG bHnau elSs,n lOGannmeldanasib,he aeMr,r giTl,a eBnmoopnlen BRRoeicrshnsa aCrrdd S iAnmo Ri tRhip,a pmSeyp,d Conenhyea,p eSl iHenaill Shanxi Province, China Lein-Ray Mo, Tainan Manoj Kumar, Nepal Daniel Lindsay Worthley, Bedford Telephone: +86-351-4078656 Bo-Rong Pan, Xi'an Patricia F Lalor, Birmingham George Y Wu, Farmington E-mail: [email protected] Fa-Zu Qiu, Wuhan Ming Li, New Orleans Jian Wu, Sacramento Eamonn M Quigley, Cork Margaret Lutze, Chicago PUBLISHING David S Rampton, London COPYRIGHT Jing-Yun Ma, Beijing Editorial Department of World Journal Rudi Schmid, kentfi eld © 2008 Published by WJG. 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If you do not have web February 14, 2008 Harry HX Xia, Hanover Kirsteen N Browning, Baton Rouge access please contact the editorial offi ce. Radha K Dhiman, Chandigarh EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EXECUTIVE VICE DIRECTOR John Frank Di Mari, Texas ONLINE SUBMISSION Lian-Sheng Ma, Taiyuan Ye Liu, Beijing Shannon S Glaser, Temple http://wjg.wjgnet.com Online Submissions: wjg.wjgnet.com World J Gastroenterol 2008 February 14; 14(6): 821-827 www.wjgnet.com World Journal of Gastroenterology ISSN 1007-9327 [email protected] © 2008 WJG. All rights reserved. EDITORIAL Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity Antonio Iannelli, Raffaella Dainese, Thierry Piche, Enrico Facchiano, Jean Gugenheim Antonio Iannelli, Enrico Facchiano, Jean Gugenheim, Service Gastroenterol 2008; 14(6): 821-827 Available from: URL: http:// de Chirurgie Digestive et Centre de Transplantation Hépatique. www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/14/821.asp DOI: http://dx.doi. Pôle Digestif du CHU de Nice, Université de Nice-Sophia- org/10.3748/wjg.14.821 Antipolis, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, F-06107, France Raffaella Dainese, Thierry Piche, Gastroenterology Department and Functional Unit Pôle Digestif du CHU de Nice, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Pôle Digestif, Nice, F-06202, France Correspondence to: Dr. Antonio Iannelli, Service de Chirurgie INTRODUCTION Digestive et Centre de Transplantation Hépatique, 151 Route Saint The incidence of obesity is steadily rising, and it has been Antoine de Ginestière BP 3079 - Nice Cedex 3, estimated that 40% of the US population will be obese by France. [email protected] Telephone: +33-4-92036168 Fax: +33-4-92036575 the year 2025 if the current trend continues[1]. An alarming Received: July 6, 2007 Revised: December 10, 2007 indicator of the health crisis related to the epidemic of obesity is that 15% of children and adolescents are obese (body mass index BMI > 95th percentile on the Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention standard charts), and Abstract over 20% are at risk (BMI > 85 percentile)[2]. In recent years there has been renewed interest in the surgical The incidence of obesity is steadily rising, and it has been treatment of morbid obesity in concomitance with the estimated that 40% of the US population will be obese by epidemic of obesity, and application of the laparoscopic the year 2025 if the current trend continues. In recent years techniques to the field of bariatric surgery as well. Bariatric there has been renewed interest in the surgical treatment of surgery proved effective in providing weight loss of large morbid obesity in concomitance with the epidemic of obesity. magnitude, correction of comorbidities and excellent Bariatric surgery proved effective in providing weight loss of large magnitude, correction of comorbidities and excellent short-term and long-term outcomes[3-5], decreasing overall short-term and long-term outcomes, decreasing overall mortality and providing a marked survival advantage[6,7]. mortality and providing a marked survival advantage. The The number of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric ByPass Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) has increased in (LRYGBP) procedures have continued to increase in popularity and is currently very "trendy" among laparoscopic the last few years. This has contributed to the profound surgeons involved in bariatric surgery. As LSG proved to be enthusiasm of the surgical community for bariatric effective in achieving considerable weight loss in the short- surgery. In this context, new bariatric procedures can term, it has been proposed by some as a sole bariatric be rapidly accepted by the surgical community, as has procedure. This editorial focuses on the particular advantages already happened in the case of laparoscopic adjustable of LSG in the treatment of morbid obesity. gastric banding (LAGB). The latter is a paradigm of the “surgical enthusiasm” for a bariatric procedure. LAGB has © 2008 WJG. All rights reserved. rapidly reached wide diffusion, giving the label of bariatric surgeon to any laparoscopic surgeon able to place a band Key words: Obesity; Bbariatric surgery; Sleeve around the stomach of an obese patient. However, with gastrectomy; Ghrelin; Weight loss time this procedure proved not to be the panacea that one would have thought it to be after its introduction. Peer reviewers: Gary A Abrams, Associate Professor, Department Due to a high rate of long-term failure, the literature of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd indicates fewer LAGB procedures and more Roux-en-Y Ave South, Birmingham 35294, United States; Giulio Marchesini, gastric bypass (RYGBP) procedures are being performed, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, “Alma Mater Studiorum” University of Bologna, Policlinico S. and surgeons are choosing laparoscopic RYGBP[8-10] Orsola, Via Massarenti 9, Bologna 40138, Italy; Michael Kremer, The Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) is being MD, Skipper Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, CB# 7178, performed more frequently and is currently very “trendy” 3011 Thurston-Bowles Building, University of North Carolina, among laparoscopic surgeons involved in bariatric surgery. Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; Emanuele D Mangoni, MD, LSG is not a new operation as it is the restrictive part of Dottorando di Ricerca, Cattedra di Medicina Interna - Ⅱ Università a more complex malabsorpitive bariatric procedure; i.e., di Napoli, Dirigente Medico, UOC Medicina Infettivologica e dei the biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD- Trapianti - Ospedale Monaldi, Napoli 80135, Italy DS)[11,12]. Gagner and coworkers adapted the BDP-DS Iannelli A, Dainese R, Piche T, Facchiano E, Gugenheim J. to the laparoscopic approach[13], and then introduced the Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity. World J concept of the staged approach to very obese patients www.wjgnet.com
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