World journal of gastroenterology : WJG
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Meta AnalysisEffect of dietary fiber on constipation: a meta analysis.
To investigate the effect of dietary fiber intake on constipation by a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). ⋯ Dietary fiber intake can obviously increase stool frequency in patients with constipation. It does not obviously improve stool consistency, treatment success, laxative use and painful defecation.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure in China.
To investigate the long-term outcome of recipients and donors of adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation (AALDLT) for acute liver failure (ALF). ⋯ Timely AALDLT for patients with ALF greatly improves the recipient survival. However, further systemic review is needed to investigate the optimal treatment strategy for ALF.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Impact of intestinal ischemia/reperfusion and lymph drainage on distant organs in rats.
To investigate the impact of intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and lymph drainage on distant organs in rats. ⋯ Lymph drainage could block the "gut-lymph" pathway, improve intestinal barrier function, and attenuate distant organ injury incurred by intestinal I/R.
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Dec 2012
Age-related symptom and life quality changes in women with irritable bowel syndrome.
To explore age-related changes in symptoms and quality of life (QoL) of women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). ⋯ Factors affecting QoL should always be treated in IBS, especially emotional problems in young adults. Even mild abdominal pain should be controlled in elderly patients.
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To evaluate the results of hepatic resection with ex-situ hypothermic perfusion and without veno-venous bypass. ⋯ Ex-situ liver resection and liver autotransplantation has shown a potential for treatment of complicated hepatic neoplasms that are unresectable by traditional procedures.