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endoscopy learning and training: poster of excellence in UEG WEEK Barcelona 2015

June 03, 2016

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what is the cause of bleeding? And how to proceed?

A 67-year-old woman on regular follow-up endoscopy for esophageal varices was admitted to the hospital with upper GI bleeding. the scope revealed multiple #gastric polyps. the patient was referred for band ligation of the polyps as a cause of the bleeding. NOTES: 1- there is bleeding from the fundus of the stomach and not from the polyps 2- you can observe many tags at the fundus( site of previously injected fundal varices) you can see there is a groove from previously injected fundal varix how to proceed and why?

Occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma following direct antiviral agents (DAA) therapy

Sadik Memon 1 Madiha Zaki 2 Bushra Qadir 1 Saddat Ali Jiskani 1 1 Asian institute of medical sciences, Hyderabad, Pakistan. 2 The University of Modern Sciences, Hyderabad, Pakistan. 10.21608/ajgh.2024.314929.1062 Abstract Background and Aim: The study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection treated with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) in Pakistan. Methods: A retrospective cohort study included 246 patients with chronic HCV infection who received DAA therapy between March 2020 and March 2024. Patients were followed for a median duration of 33 months to monitor the development of HCC. Baseline characteristics and potential risk factors were analyzed using univariate and multivariate analyses to determine their association with HCC occurrence. Results: Of the 246 patients, 34 (13.5%) developed H...