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Publication Information
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22nd National Congress of Digestive Diseases, Italian Federation of Societies of Digestive Diseases – FISMAD Naples, 24–27 February 2016
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PC.01 Plenary Session
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PC.01.1 MANAGEMENT OF BILIARY ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (BASALT STUDY): RESULTS OF A NATIONAL SURVEY IN ITALY
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PC.01.2 PREDICTIVE VALUE OF THE “DICA” ENDOSCOPIC CLASSIFICATION ON THE OUTCOME OF THE DIVERTICULAR DISEASE OF THE COLON: AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY
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PC.01.3 KNOCKDOWN OF SMAD7 WITH MONGERSEN ATTENUATES COLITIS AND COLITIS-DRIVEN FIBROSIS IN MICE
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PC.01.4 PERIBILIARY GLANDS AS A NICHE OF EXTRA-PANCREATIC INSULIN-PRODUCING AND GLUCOSE-SENSITIVE CELLS
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PC.01.5 A NEW SUB-CLASSIFICATION OF ESOPHAGO-GASTRIC JUNCTION MORPHOLOGY TYPE I HELPS TO BETTER RECOGNIZE PATIENTS WITH A POSITIVE IMPEDANCE-PH MONITORING
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PC.01.6 RISK FACTORS FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF SPORADIC PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS: A MULTICENTER EUROPEAN STUDY (EPINET)
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PC.01.7 EUROPEAN COLONOSCOPY QUALITY INVESTIGATION GROUP: IMPROVING STANDARDS IN COLONOSCOPY THROUGH A PRACTICE LEVEL AUDIT TOOL
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PC.01.8 SERUM DETERMINATION OF SQUAMOUS CELLULAR CARCINOMA ANTIGEN AS A BIOMARKER OF BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS AND ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: A PHASE III STUDY
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Oral Communications
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OC.01 Endoscopy 1
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OC.01.1 THE VALUE OF CONTRAST ENHANCED ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND IN THE FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION
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OC.01.2 PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF MACROSCOPIC VISUAL ADEQUACY EVALUATION OF EUS-FNA SAMPLES
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OC.01.3 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION, CELL-BLOCK APPROACH: EXPERIENCE IN A SINGLE CENTER
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OC.01.4 EUS PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF RECURRENCE IN PATIENTS WITH LOCAL ADVANCED RECTAL CANCER
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OC.01.5 ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION (ESD) OF LARGE SUPERFICIAL COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS AT THE DENTATE LINE OR ILEOCECAL VALVE
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OC.01.6 UNDERWATER ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION: THE THIRD WAY FOR EN BLOC RESECTION OF COLONIC LESIONS?
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OC.01.7 ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH POST-SURGICAL LEAKS INVOLVING THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. A LARGE CASE SERIES
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OC.01.8 SPLIT VS SAME-DAY REGIMES FOR BOWEL PREPARATION BEFORE COLONOSCOPY: A META-ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED STUDIES
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OC.01.9 OLGA–BASED STAGING AND DYSPLASIA RELEVANCE IN 50–70 YEARS OLD PATIENTS IN A PRIMARY OPEN ACCESS ENDOSCOPY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
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OC.02 IBD 1
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OC.02.1 HIGH EXPRESSION OF DUBA, A REGULATOR OF T CELL ACTIVATION, IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
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OC.02.2 HUMAN NEUTROPHIL ELASTASE CONTRIBUTES TO LOSS OF FUNCTION OF INFLIXIMAB IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS
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OC.02.3 SMAD7 KNOCKDOWN RESTORES ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND PROTECTIVE SIGNALS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
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OC.02.4 OXIDATIVE STRESS AND THROMBOXANE-DEPENDENT PLATELET ACTIVATION IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD): EFFECTS OF ANTI-TNF-ALFA TREATMENT
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OC.02.5 EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO MARKERS OF INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION, HMGB1 AND FECAL CALPROTECTIN, IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
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OC.02.6 IDENTIFICATION OF A CUT-OFF FOR PERSISTENT ANTIINFLIXIMAB ANTIBODIES AS A PREDICTOR OF RESPONSE TO INFLIXIMAB MONOTHERAPY
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OC.02.7 ADALIMUMAB TROUGH LEVELS AT WEEK EIGHT AS PREDICTIVE FACTOR OF LONG TERM CLINICAL REMISSION
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OC.02.8 A PROSPECTIVE “REAL LIFE” STUDY ON ADALIMUMAB EFFICACY IN STEROID-DEPENDENT CROHN’S DISEASE PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM A LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP
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OC.02.9 CROSS-SECTIONAL EVALUATION OF TRANSMURAL HEALING IN PATIENTS WITH CROHN’S DISEASE ON MAINTENANCE TREATMENT WITH BIOLOGICS
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OC.02.10 ADHERENCE OF ITALIAN GASTROENTEROLOGISTS TO GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS: A MULTICENTRE PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL ITALIAN AIGO STUDY
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OC.03 Liver
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OC.03.1 QUANTIFICATION OF SERUM HBSAG IS A USEFUL PARAMETER TO OPTIMIZE ANTIVIRAL NUC THERAPY IN CHRONIC HBV INFECTION
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OC.03.1 QUANTIFICATION OF SERUM HBSAG IS A USEFUL PARAMETER TO OPTIMIZE ANTIVIRAL NUC THERAPY IN CHRONIC HBV INFECTION
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OC.03.3 NUNA NUTRITIONAL NAVIGATOR SMARTPHONE FREE APPLICATION FOR IMPROVING ADHERENCE TO MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND REDUCING BODY WEIGHT IN NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS: A PILOT STUDY
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OC.03.4 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF OBETICHOLIC ACID IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ITALIAN PATIENTS FROM A PHASE 3, RANDOMIZED, PLACEBOCONTROLLED STUDY
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OC.03.5 COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT PREDICTS THE OCCURRENCE OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AFTER TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT
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OC.03.6 ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY FOR NON MALIGNANT PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS: A SAFE TREATMENT?
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OC.03.7 CIRCULATING MICROPARTICLES AND RISK OF PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
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OC.03.8 DRUG-ELUTING BEADS VERSUS CONVENTIONAL CHEMOEMBOLIZATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: A META-ANALYSIS
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OC.03.9 SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS (SBP) IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER MORTALITY IF COMPARED WITH OTHER INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS AWAITING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (LT)
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OC.04 Colon Cancer
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OC.04.1 SMAD7 KNOCKDOWN IN COLON CANCER CELLS ACTIVATES PROTEIN KINASE RNA-ASSOCIATED EIF2-ALPHA PATHWAY THEREBY LEADING TO CELL DEATH
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OC.04.2 GENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE KIR/HLA SYSTEM AND OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY
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OC.04.3 EXPRESSION OF TBET AND RORGAMMA-T IN REGULATORY T CELLS INFLUENCE THE INCIDENCE AND SIZE OF TUMOR MASSES IN A CAC MODEL
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OC.04.4 FROM INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE TO COLON CANCER: WHAT IS THE ROLE OF INFILTRATING IMMUNE CELLS?
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OC.04.5 RECURRENCE AFTER ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION OF ADVANCED COLORECTAL ADENOMA: A RECURSIVE PARTITIONING ANALYSIS OF PREDICTIVE FACTORS
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OC.04.6 EARLY DETECTION OF METACHRONOUS COLORECTAL CANCER: THE ROLE OF FATTY ACID SYNTHASE (FASN)
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OC.04.7 IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEOMIC PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH TUMOR REGRESSION GRADING IN RECTAL CANCER
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OC.04.7 IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEOMIC PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH TUMOR REGRESSION GRADING IN RECTAL CANCER
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OC.04.9 SURVEILLANCE PROTOCOL FOR ABDOMINAL DESMOID TUMOURS IN FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS (FAP): EXPERIENCE OF A REGIONAL REFERRAL CENTRE
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OC.05 Esophagus
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OC.05.1 PROLONGED INTRA-ESOPHAGEAL PH PROFILE AND ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY IN CHILDREN WITH EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS
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OC.05.2 HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION: IS THIS A TRULY RELEVANT NOVEL MANOMETRIC DIAGNOSIS?
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OC.05.3 NERD AND PH CYCLICAL FLUCTUATION: PROPOSED OF THE IDEAL DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHM
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OC.05.4 YIELD OF PROLONGED WIRELESS PH MONITORING IN 24 TREATED ACHALASIA PATIENTS: RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
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OC.05.5 ROLE OF HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY FINDINGS AND OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH NON OBSTRUCTIVE DYSPHAGIA
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OC.05.6 CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTCOMES OF POEM ACCORDING TO ACHALASIA MANOMETRIC PATTERN. DO THE OUTCOMES OF TREATMENT DEPEND ON MANOMETRIC SUBTYPE?
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OC.05.8 ESOPHAGO-GASTRIC JUNCTION MORPHOLOGY VARIABILITY DURING STANDARD MANOMETRIC PROTOCOL AND AFTER ESOPHAGEAL STIMULATION AND BODY CHANGE POSITION – PRELIMINARY RESULTS
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OC.05.9 LONG VS SHORT POEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF ACHALASIA. INTERIM ANALYSIS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
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OC.06 Miscellanea 1
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OC.06.1 ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF OCA IN PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS BY VARYING PATIENT DISEASE SEVERITY ACROSS THREE RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS
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OC.06.2 PANCREATIC CANCER IN WOMEN: LATE ONSET OF MENOPAUSE, USE OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND TWO-PARITY ARE PROTECTIVE FACTORS
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OC.06.3 PROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS GGDERIVED FACTORS ON PATHOGEN LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE (LPS)- INDUCED DAMAGE OF HUMAN COLONIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS
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OC.06.4 THE OCCURRENCE OF POSTPRANDIAL SYMPTOMS IN IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME IS ASSOCIATED WITH A REDUCTION OF POSTPRANDIAL SENSITIVITY THRESHOLDS
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OC.06.5 ASSESSING THE RATE OF INCORRECT DIAGNOSIS OF CELIAC DISEASE: DATA FROM A TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER
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OC.06.6 EFFECTS OF MODIFIED WHEAT GLUTEN ADMINISTRATION IN PATIENTS WITH CELIAC DISEASE: RESULTS OF A DOUBLE-BLIND, GLUTEN-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL
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OC.06.7 RISK OF MISDIAGNOSIS AND OVERTREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH MAIN PANCREATIC DUCT DILATATION AND SUSPECTED COMBINED/MAIN-DUCT IPMNS
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OC.06.8 INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF EFFICACY OF PHASE II AND III DATA OF OBETICHOLIC ACID IN PBC SUBPOPULATIONS BASED ON AGE AND SEX
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OC.06.9 IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME: RESULTS OF AIGO SURVEY 20142015
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OC.07 UPPER GI
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OC.07.1 REFRACTORY PATIENTS WITH NON-ACID REFLUX DISEASE AND THOSE WITH EROSIVE AND NON-EROSIVE REFLUX DISEASE HAVE SIMILAR RESPONSE TO ANTI-REFLUX SURGICAL THERAPY
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OC.07.2 FUNCTIONAL HEARTBURN OVERLAPS WITH IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME MORE OFTEN THAN GERD. DEVELOPMENT OF PREDICTIVE MODELS WITH NOMOGRAMS
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OC.07.3 RECOVERY OF GASTRIC FUNCTION AFTER ACETIUM® ADMINISTRATION: A 2 YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC, ATROPHIC, BODY GASTRITIS
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OC.07.4 GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE BEFORE AND AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY: LONG TERM RESULTS
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OC.07.5 GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS AND DYSPEPSIA IN AUTOIMMUNE GASTRITIS: AN OVERLOOKED OCCURRENCE
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OC.07.6 SERUM BIOMARKERS CAN IDENTIFY PATIENTS WITH AUTOIMMUNE AND H.PYLORI-RELATED ATROPHIC GASTRITIS AND DIFFERENTIATE THOSE WITH ADVANCED GASTRIC CHANGES
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OC.07.7 INSULIN-MEDIATED ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO CHRONIC DUODENUM-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX IN A HYPERINSULINEMIC AND NON-OBESE MURINE MODEL
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OC.07.8 COMBINED USE OF SERUM MARKERS AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVALUATION IN EARLY CHRONIC ATROPHIC GASTRITIS DETECTION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
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OC.07.9 POTENTIAL AUTOIMMUNE ATROPHIC GASTRITIS
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OC.08 Endoscopy 2
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OC.08.1 HIGH-DEFINITION COLONOSCOPY USING I-SCAN IN MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND REAL-TIME HISTOLOGICAL PREDICTION OF COLONIC NEOPLASTIC SUPERFICIAL LESION. A SINGLE ITALIAN CENTER PILOT STUDY, PRELIMINARY RESULTS
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OC.08.2 A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE OF NOVEL LUMEN-APPOSING METAL STENT FOR ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED DRAINAGE
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OC.08.3 DYSPEPTIC PATIENTS WITH NEGATIVE GASTROSCOPY HAVE HIGHER PREVALENCE OF H. PYLORI INFECTION THAN PATIENTS WITH ENDOSCOPIC LESIONS
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OC.08.4 ENDOSCOPIC PAPILLECTOMY: A SINGLE ITALIAN CENTRE EXPERIENCE
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OC.08.5 HAVE INTRAVENOUS PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS BETTER CLINICAL OUTCOME RESPECT TO ORAL PPI IN PATIENTS WITH PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING: A META-ANALYSIS
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OC.08.6 EVALUATION OF A NEW THERAPEUTIC LASER SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION (ESD) IN AN ESTABLISHED ANIMAL MODEL
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OC.08.7 BILIARY STENT DOES NOT INFLUENCE THE ADEQUACY AND ACCURACY OF EUS-GUIDED TISSUE ACQUISITION WITH FENESTRATED NEEDLES OF PANCREATIC MASSES CAUSING OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE
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OC.08.8 ENDOSCOPIC PAPILLARY LARGE BALLOON DILATION FOR LARGE STONES EXTRACTION IN PATIENTS WITH PERI-AMPULLARY DIVERTICULA
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OC.08.9 IMPLEMENTING SPLIT REGIMEN OVER SINGLE DOSE (IMPROVES): A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) PROJECT TO IMPROVING BOWEL PREPARATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM SIED CAMPANIA NETWORK
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OC.09 Basic Science
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OC.09.1 TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2 (TG2) MEDIATES THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECT OF RESVERATROL IN CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA (CC) CELL LINES
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OC.09.2 THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEIN EMILIN2 AS A REGULATOR OF THE MYELOID RESPONSE IN A MODEL OF INFLAMMATION-INDUCED COLON CARCINOGENESIS
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OC.09.3 PALMITOYLETHANOLAMIDE (PEA) REDUCES COLITIS-INDUCED ANGIOGENESIS THROUGH AKT/MTOR PATHWAY INHIBITION
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OC.09.4 EXPRESSION OF THE ACTIVATED FORM OF AMPK IS REDUCED IN IBD BUT SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF THIS KINASE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO REVERT INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
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OC.09.5 GENERATION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN INKT CELL LINES AND CLONES FROM HEALTHY AND INFLAMED INTESTINE
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OC.09.6 PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA AGONIST REDUCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN A NEONATAL RAT MODEL
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OC.09.7 INHIBITION OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL ATP SYNTHASE PROMOTES T CELL APOPTOSIS AND SUPPRESSES INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
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OC.09.8 INTERLEUKIN-34 INDUCES CC-CHEMOKINE LIGAND 20 IN GUT EPITHELIAL CELLS
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OC.09.9 PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF INULIN ON LPS-INDUCED INTESTINAL SMOOTH MUSCLE IMPAIRMENT: A PROTEOMIC APPROACH
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OC.10 Endoscopy 3
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OC.10.1 DILATION-ASSISTED STONE EXTRACTION AS ALTERNATIVE, EFFECTIVE AND SAFE METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF COMMON BILE DUCT LARGE STONES: DATA FROM A REFERRAL CENTER
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OC.10.2 QUALITY EVALUATION AND PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION IN DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPY. PRELIMINARY DATA ACQUIRED THROUGH PEER-REVIEWED SITE VISITS
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OC.10.3 MID TERM RESULTS OF SECOND POEM FOR RECURRENT ACHALASIA: DATA FROM A LARGE COHORT OF PATIENTS
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OC.10.4 PROSPECTIVE COMMUNITY PRACTICE-BASED STUDY OF ERCP QUALITY
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OC.10.5 FULLY COVERED SELF-EXPANDABLE METAL STENTS TO DILATE PANCREATIC DUCT STRICTURES DUE TO CHRONIC PANCREATITIS: A PILOT STUDY
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OC.10.6 POST-SPHINCTEROTOMY TRANSPAPILLARY BALLOON DILATION FOR REMOVAL OF LARGE BILE DUCT STONE IS MORE EFFECTIVE AND SAFE COMPARED TO ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY? A META-ANALYSIS
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OC.10.7 IMPACT OF BOWEL LAVAGE ON GUT MICROBIOTA
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OC.10.8 PREDICTION OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY OF COLORECTAL ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION (ESD): PROSPECTIVE STUDY TO FAVOR ITS PRACTICE IN THE WEST
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OC.10.9 DETECTION OF COLONIC ADENOMAS USING DIFFERENT COLONOSCOPY INSERTION TECHNIQUES
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OC.11 IBD 2
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OC.11.1 INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PHENOTYPE AS RISK FACTOR FOR CANCER IN A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER NESTED CASECONTROL IG-IBD STUDY
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OC.11.2 CROHN’S DISEASE-ASSOCIATED SMALL BOWEL CARCINOMAS SHOW DISTINCTIVE HISTOLOGY AND PHENOTYPE IN COMPARISON TO SPORADIC CASES: AN ITALIAN MULTICENTRE STUDY
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OC.11.3 DISEASE COURSE AND COLECTOMY RATE IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS: A FOLLOW-UP COHORT STUDY OF A REFERRAL CENTER IN TUSCANY
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OC.11.4 FOOD PRESERVATIVES AND ADDITIVES EXACERBATE INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION
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OC.11.5 VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN EXPERIMENTAL CD-LIKE ILEITIS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY
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OC.11.6 LOCALIZATION OF EBV IN COLONIC MUCOSAL CELLS OF IBD PATIENTS AND CORRELATION WITH DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEXES
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OC.11.7 MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN OUTPATIENTS COUNSELLING: DATA FROM A LARGE CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS
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OC.11.8 EFFICACY OF A “CALL CENTER-BASED COMMUNICATION” IN OPTIMIZING THE CARE OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
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OC.11.9 IBD-NURSE IN PATIENTS’ HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT: DATA FROM A PILOT STUDY COMPARING ABILITY OF IBD-NURSE AND GASTROENTEROLOGIST IN USING IBD-CLINICAL SCORES
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OC.12 Miscellanea 2
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OC.12.1 ARE BASELINE IMPEDANCE LEVELS ASSESSED DURING ESOPHAGEAL IMPEDANCE MANOMETRY HELPFUL IN DISCRIMINATING PATIENTS WITH GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE FROM THOSE WITHOUT? A PILOT STUDY
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OC.12.2 HLA TESTING IN ADULT-ONSET CELIAC DESEASE: RELATIONSHIP WITH CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND MUCOSAL DAMAGE
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OC.12.3 SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT OF A CASE WITH REFRACTORY CELIAC DISEASE (RCD) BY SERIAL INFUSIONS OF AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW-DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS
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OC.12.4 TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS (TMD) IN PATIENTS WITH IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS)
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OC.12.5 ESOPHAGEAL SHORTENING IS ASSOCIATED TO SWALLOWINDUCED LES RELAXATION AND INCOMPLETE TLES RELAXATIONS IN NERD PATIENTS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS
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OC.12.6 THE ROLE OF S100B IN THE DEVELOPING ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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OC.12.7 BILE DUCT INVOLVEMENT IN AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS: CLINICAL FEATURES AND PROGNOSTIC ASPECTS IN 92 PATIENTS
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OC.12.8 LONG-TERM SAFETY OF OBETICHOLIC ACID IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS
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OC.12.9 FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION FOR RECURRENT C. DIFFICILE INFECTION: A 2-YEAR EXPERIENCE FROM A EUROPEAN REFERRAL CENTRE
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V.01 Video 1
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V.01.1 GASTROSCOPIC REMOVAL OF A MIGRATED ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND: A CASE REPORT
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V.01.1 GASTROSCOPIC REMOVAL OF A MIGRATED ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BAND: A CASE REPORT
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V.01.3 ENDOSCOPIC BANDING FOR ABLATION OF DUODENAL FLAT LESIONS IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS
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V.01.4 EUS-GUIDED DRAINAGE OF AN INFECTED PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST AND SUCCESSIVE TREATMENT WITH HEMOSTATIC POWDER FOR A LATE INTRACYSTIC BLEEDING
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V.01.5 A SIMPLE AND SAFE METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF AN ESOPHAGEAL FISTULIZING FULLY-COVERED SELF-EXPANDING METAL STENT
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V.01.6 STONE IMPACTION IN THE PAPILLA: IS AN URGENT ERCP INDICATED?
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V.01.7 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED SINGLE-INCISION WITH NEEDLE KNIFE AND DEEP TISSUE BIOPSY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF A GASTRIC SUBEPITHELIAL TUMOR
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V.01.8 HAEMOSTATIC TREATMENT WITH A NEW THERAPEUTIC LASER SYSTEM – FIRST IN VIVO EXPERIENCE (WITH VIDEO)
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V.01.9 ENDOSCOPIC CLOSURE OF IATROGENIC DUODENAL PERFORATION SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH A NEW OVER-THESCOPE CLIP
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V.01.10 “DISSECTING THE STONE”: SUCCESSFUL ENDOSCOPIC “LITHO HYDRO-JET TRIPSY, LHJT” OF A BOUVERET SYNDROME
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V.01.11 IN VIVO ASSESSMENT OF TUMOR ANGIOGENESIS IN COLORECTAL CANCER: ROLE OF CONFOCAL LASER ENDOMICROSCOPY
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V.01.12 OVER-THE-SCOPE CLIP-ASSISTED ENDOSCOPIC FULL THICKNESS RESECTION AFTER INCOMPLETE RESECTION OF RECTAL ADENOCARCINOMA: CASE AND VIDEO REPORT
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V.01.13 ENDOSCOPIC LIGATION AND RESECTION OF A LARGE SYMPTOMATIC SUBEPITHELIAL TUMOR OF THE DUODENUM
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V.02 Video 2
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V.02.1 4 CASES OF ENDOSCOPIC FULL-THICKNESS RESECTION OF COLONIC LESIONS USING OVESCO FTRD® SYSTEM: OUR EXPERIENCE
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V.02.2 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF A PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOUR (WITH VIDEO)
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V.02.3 WALLED-OFF PANCREATIC NECROSIS: THE NEW ERA OF ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT
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V.02.4 NOVEL SINGLE OPERATOR DIGITAL COLANGIOSCOPE FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF CYSTIC DUCT CARCINOMA: A CASE REPORT
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V.02.4 NOVEL SINGLE OPERATOR DIGITAL COLANGIOSCOPE FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF CYSTIC DUCT CARCINOMA: A CASE REPORT
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V.02.6 ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION OF A LARGE PSEUDODEPRESSED SUPERFICIAL NEOPLASM OF THE TERMINAL ILEUM
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V.02.7 ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION OF A LARGE PYLORIC GLAND ADENOMA OF THE CARDIA
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V.02.8 EFFECTIVE ENDOSCOPIC HOLMIUM LASER LITHOTRIPSY IN THE TREATMENT OF A LARGE IMPACTED GALLSTONE IN THE DUODENUM
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V.02.9 AN INDETERMINATE BILIARY STRICTURES ASSESSED USING THE NEXT GENERATION SPYGLASS DS SYSTEM: A VIDEO CASE
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V.02.10 AN INNOVATIVE EVALUATION OF PANCREATIC CYSTS BY CONFOCAL LASER ENDOMICROSCOPY AND FIBER OPTIC LIGHTING DIRECT VISUALIZATION SYSTEM
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V.02.11 EUS GUIDED CISTO-GASTRIC DRAINAGE AFTER EUS-GUIDED GASTRO-GASTRIC ANASTOMOSIS TO TREAT A SIMPTOMATIC PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST IN PATIENT WITH ROUX–EN-Y GASTRIC BY-PASS: THE DREAM BECAMES REALITY!
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V.02.12 PERORAL CHOLANGIOSCOPY VIA SPYGLASS SYSTEM FOR INDETERMINATE BILIARY STRICTURES: AN EFFECTIVE AND SAFE TOOL TO DISTINGUISH MALIGNANT FROM BENIGN LESIONS WHEN CONVENTIONAL METHODS HAVE FAILED
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V.02.13 METASTATIC MELANOMA OF THE GALLBLADDER DIAGNOSED BY ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY
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V.02.14 THE DIAGNOSIS OF AMOEBIC COLITIS IN NORTHERN ITALY: NOT AN EASY TASK!
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Posters
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P.01 Liver 1
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P.01.1 A SINGLE INFUSION OF FERRIC CARBOXYMALTOSE EFFECTIVELY IMPROVES IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER DISEASE: A HOSPITAL-BASED SURVEY
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P.01.2 HBV INFECTION PREVALENCE AND VACCINATION IN AN IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN ROME
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P.01.3 EFFICACY OF MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND ANTIOXIDANTS IN OVERWEIGHT PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE
69

P.01.4 ENDOCAN AS SERUM MARKER OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE AND/ OR TYPE 2 DIABETES
70

P.01.5 NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) AS POTENTIAL RISK FACTOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND ONCOLOGICAL DISEASE IN DIABETIC TYPE 2 PATIENTS
70

P.01.6 HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IS ASSOCIATED WITH PERSISTENT COGNITIVE DEFICITS DESPITE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT: A MULTI-CENTER, INTERNATIONAL STUDY
70

P.01.7 MICROWAVE ABLATION OF LARGE HCCS BY SIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLE ANTENNAE INSERTION: LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP
71

P.01.8 PERCUTANEOUS ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY OF MALIGNANT MAIN PORTAL VEINS THROMBOSIS: A PROSPECTIVE CASE SERIES
72

P.01.9 THE GUT MICROBIOTA OF CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS WITH POOR NUTRITIONAL STATUS: PRELIMINARY EVIDENCES
72

P.01.10 CLINICAL OUTCOME OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS: A SICILIAN COHORT STUDY
73

P.02 Pancreas
73

P.02.1 VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY AS A RISK FACTOR IN PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE NEOPLASMS: REPORT FROM A SERIES AT A SINGLE INSTITUTE
73

P.02.2 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS: PREVALENCE OF INCIDENTALLY DETECTED PANCREATIC CYSTIC LESIONS IN ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS
73

P.02.3 ASPIRIN, STATINS AND PANCREATIC CANCER: IS THERE ROOM FOR CHEMOPREVENTION?
74

P.02.4 REASSESSMENT OF HISTOLOGICAL FEATURES AT DISEASE PROGRESSION DURING THE FOLLOW-UP OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS
74

P.02.5 PREVALENCE OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS IN THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING
74

P.02.6 ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN CAMPANIA: PROPOSALS FOR A RESOURCES SAVING REGIONAL ORGANIZATION
75

P.02.7 FREQUENCY AND CLINICAL-INSTRUMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS FROM HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA IN A CONSECUTIVE SERIES OF 105 PATIENTS
75

P.02.8 CAN SERUM AMYLASE AND LIPASE LEVELS BE USED AS DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH MUCINOUS CYSTIC LESIONS OF THE PANCREAS, CHRONIC PANCREATITIS AND PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA?
75

P.02.9 ELASTPQ-POINT SHARE WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY (ELASTPQ®- PSWE) IN CHRONIC PANCREATITIS. A PROMISING TOOL FOR STAGING DISEASE SEVERITY
76

P.02.10 CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF 40 PATIENTS WITH SEROUS CYSTADENOMA OF THE PANCREAS
76

P.02.11 EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY IN INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASM (IPMN) WITH WIDESPREAD GLANDULAR INVOLVEMENT
76

P.02.12 THE USE OF COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IS FREQUENT IN PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC DISORDERS
77

P.02.13 INTRADUCTAL PAPILLARY MUCINOUS NEOPLASMS (IPMNS): RESULTS OF A THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY
77

P.02.14 ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION AT HOSPITAL ADMISSION
78

P.03 Endo/EUS 1
78

P.03.1 DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY AND THERAPEUTIC IMPACT OF EUS IN PATIENTS WITH INTERMEDIATE SUSPICION OF CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS AND NEGATIVE MRCP
78

P.03.2 IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN PERIAMPULLARY DIVERTICULA AND BILIOPANCREATIC DISEASES? AN EUS APPROACH TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
78

P.03.3 USEFULNESS OF ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY TO GUIDE THE RATIONAL USE OF ERCP: STRATIFY THE LIKELIHOOD OF CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS IN THE CLINICAL SUSPICION OF PERSISTENT BILE DUCT STONE
79

P.03.4 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED BILIARY DRAINAGE FOR MALIGNANT BILIARY OBSTRUCTION AFTER FAILED ERCP: A SINGLE ITALIAN CENTER EXPERIENCE
79

P.03.5 REPETITION OR SIMULTANEOUS SAMPLING OF PRIMARY AND METASTATIC LESIONS IMPROVE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF EUS-FNA IN THE ASSESSMENT OF SUSPECTED NEOPLASTIC PANCREATIC MASS
80

P.03.6 COMPARING EUS-FNA AND ERCP-BRUSHING IN THE DIAGNOSTIC WORKOUT OF SUSPECTED CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: A RETROSPECTIVE SINGLE-CENTER ANALYSIS
80

P.03.7 EUS-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF SOLID PANCREATIC TUMORS IN YOUNG PATIENTS: EXPERIENCE IN A TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER
80

P.03.8 ACCESSING TO THE LEFT PARATRACHEAL (#4L) AND THE AORTOPULMONARY WINDOW (#5) MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES BY ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND WITH FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EUS-FNA)
81

P.03.9 IS ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY USEFUL IN SUBJECTS HAVING ASYMPTOMATIC CHRONIC PANCREATIC HYPERENZYMEMIA?
81

P.04 Upper GI Disorders
81

P.04.1 CORRELATION BETWEEN SEASONAL EXACERBATIONS OF UPPER GI SYMPTOMS AND NUMBER OF 13C-UREA BREATH TESTS PERFORMED IN A LARGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
81

P.04.2 MORPHO-FUNCTIONAL MODIFICATIONS OF THE GASTRIC REMNANT AFTER ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS (RYGB): THE (NOT SO) SPLEEPING REMNANT?
82

P.04.3 SERUM PEPSINOGEN II LEVELS AND IGG ANTI HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODIES MAY REPRESENT A NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF H PYLORI-RELATED GASTRITIS
82

P.04.4 THE SHOWER IS NOT WARM ENOUGH!
83

P.04.5 PROGNOSIS OF GASTRIC GISTS BASED ON TUMOR SIZE
83

P.04.6 PREVALENCE OF H. PYLORI INFECTION IN SEXUAL PARTNERS OF H. PYLORI INFECTED SUBJECTS: ROLE OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX
84

P.04.7 PREVALENCE OF H. PYLORI INFECTION AMONG PATIENTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND LIVING IN ROME AREA
84

P.04.8 PREVALENCE OF H. PYLORI INFECTION IN A POPULATION OF ITALIANS AND IMMIGRANTS IN ROME AND RATE OF RESPONSE TO THERAPY
84

P.04.9 DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC ATROPHIC GASTRITIS IN PRIMARY CARE SETTING BY MEANS OF GASTROPANEL®: A POPULATION STUDY ON 10,000 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS
85

P.04.10 GASTRIC CANCER AND SIMULTANEOUS CARE: PRELIMINARY REPORT ABOUT THE TAKE CHARGE APPROACH
85

P.05 Clinical Cases
85

P.05.1 ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF A LARGE SYMPTOMATIC IMPACTED BONE IN THE COLON
85

P.05.2 FIRST CASE OF SMALL BOWEL ADENOCARCINOMA DETECTED WITH THE NEW 360° PANORAMIC-VIEWING CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY SYSTEM
86

P.05.3 A RARE CASE OF GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
86

P.05.4 A RARE CASE OF MIXED ADENO-NEUROENDOCRINE GASTRIC CARCINOMA (MANEC) ASSOCIATED TO AUTOIMMUNE METAPLASTIC ATROPHIC GASTRITIS (AMAG)
87

P.05.5 AN UNUSUAL CASE OF DYSPHAGIA
87

P.05.6 A RARE CASE OF CELIAC DISEASE IN A PATIENT WITH COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY: WHEN VILLOUS ATROPHY IS NOT ENOUGH
88

P.05.7 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF STUDIES COMPARING METAL OR PLASTIC STENTS FOR PREOPERATIVE BILIARY DRAINAGE IN RESECTABLE PANCREATIC CANCER
89

P.05.8 RECURRENT LIFE-THREATENING GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING DUE TO MECKEL’S DIVERTICULUM
89

P.05.10 DUODENAL NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS – DATA FROM A SINGLE CENTRE
90

P.05.11 UNUSUAL ONSET OF COLONIC SARCOIDOSIS: A CASE REPORT
90

P.05.12 DIFFUSE INTESTINAL NODULAR LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA (DNLH) IN A PATIENT WITH EPIGASTRIC PAIN: A CASE REPORT
91

P.05.13 PANCREATIC MUCINOUS CYSTIC ADENOCARCINOMA METASTASIS TO THE RECTUM
91

P.05.14 MUCOSAL TEARS OCCURRED DURING COLONOSCOPY IN OUTPATIENT WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS: A CASE REPORT
91

P.06 Coeliac Disease 1
92

P.06.1 USEFULNESS OF LASER DOPPLER PERFUSION IMAGING TO OBJECTIFY THE ORAL MUCOSA PATCH TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ALLERGIC CONTACT MUCOSITIS IN NICKEL-SENSITIVE PATIENTS
92

P.06.2 HOW MUCH DO CELIAC PATIENTS KNOW ABOUT GLUTEN FREE DIET?
92

P.06.3 FODMAPS FREE DIET: AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION FOR SYMPTOMATIC COELIAC PATIENTS ON GLUTEN FREE DIET
93

P.06.4 ADULT CELIAC PATIENTS ADHERENCE TO A FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM IN THE FIRST YEAR OF GLUTEN-FREE DIET: A SINGLE CENTER STUDY
93

P.06.5 HIGH SMAD7 IN REFRACTORY CELIAC DISEASE SUSTAINS INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE RESPONSE
93

P.06.6 SUBTYPES OF CHRONIC GASTRITIS IN PATIENTS WITH COELIAC DISEASE BEFORE AND AFTER GLUTEN-FREE DIET
94

P.06.7 GLIADIN EFFECT ON THE OXIDATIVE BALANCE AND DNA DAMAGE IN CACO-2 CELL LINE
94

P.06.8 SERUM 25-HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROL LEVELS AT CELIAC DISEASE DIAGNOSIS PREDICT BONE MINERAL DENSITY RECOVERY AFTER GLUTEN EXCLUSION
94

P.06.9 VILLOUS ATROPHY WITHOUT COELIAC ANTIBODIES
95

P.06.10 USE OF VIDEOCAPSULE ENTEROSCOPY IN COMPLICATED CELIAC DISEASE: A META-ANALYSIS
95

P.06.11 SEVERE WHEAT ALLERGY AND CELIAC DISEASE IN THE SAME PATIENT: A DANGEROUS COEXISTENCE
95

P.07 IBD 1
96

P.07.1 GUT MICROBIOTA MOLECULAR SPECTRUM IN HEALTHY CONTROLS, DIVERTICULAR DISEASE, IBS AND IBD PATIENTS: TIME FOR MICROBIAL MARKER OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS?
96

P.07.2 BEYOND MUCOSAL HEALING: TRANSMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL HEALING AFTER ONE-YEAR ANTI-TNFA THERAPY IN CROHN’S DISEASE
96

P.07.3 MAINTENANCE OF CLINICAL REMISSION IN IBD PATIENTS AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF ANTI-TNF AGENTS, AN ITALIAN EXPERIENCE
97

P.07.4 HEMOGLOBIN AND FERRITIN VALUES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RATE OF MUCOSAL HEALING IN PATIENTS WITH CROHN’S DISEASE TREATED WITH ANTI-TNF ALPHA
97

P.07.5 ON THE ORIGIN OF CRP IN CROHN’S DISEASE: ROLE OF THE EXTRAMURAL COMPONENT
98

P.07.6 ROLE OF DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI) IN MRIENTEROGRAPHY FOR THE EVALUATION OF SURGICAL RISK IN PATIENTS WITH CROHN’S DISEASE
98

P.07.7 CROHN’S DISEASE IS A REAL TIME SENSITIVE EVOLUTIVE PATHOLOGY BASED ON LÉMANN INDEX? PRELIMINARY DATA FROM A TERTIARY PEDIATRIC IBD CENTER
99

P.07.8 IL-33/ST2 AXIS MODULATES EPITHELIAL REPAIR AND GUT MUCOSAL WOUND HEALING IN DSS-COLITIC MICE
99

P.07.9 EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN IBD PATIENTS
99

P.07.10 FAECAL-ASSOCIATED AND MUCOSAL-ASSOCIATED MICROBIOTA IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS AND HEALTHY SUBJECTS: PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE
100

P.07.11 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND METAANALYSIS
100

P.07.12 BETA-GLUCAN, INOSITOL AND DIGESTIVE ENZYMES IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
101

P.07.13 FOUR-YEAR EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF AZATHIOPRINE TREATMENT IN THE MAINTAINANCE OF STEROID-FREE REMISSION IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS
101

P.07.15 INFLIXIMAB TROUGH LEVELS AND ANTI-DRUG ANTIBODIES AFTER INDUCTION AS PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF LONG TERM CLINICAL REMISSION
102

P.07.16 PREDICTORS OF BOWEL DAMAGE AND DAMAGE PROGRESSION AS ASSESSED BY THE LÉMANN INDEX IN EVERY-DAY CLINICAL PRACTICE
102

P.07.17 A NEW THERAPEUTIC LASER SYSTEM FOR HEMOSTATIC TREATMENTS IN GI ENDOSCOPY – FIRST RESULTS IN AN ESTABLISHED ANIMAL MODEL
103

P.08 Esophagus
103

P.08.1 ABNORMAL INTRA-BOLUS PRESSURE CORRELATES WITH ESOPHAGO-GASTRIC DYSFUNCTION AND ITS AGE-RELATED MODIFICATION – A STUDY USING HIGH-RESOLUTION MANOMETRY
103

P.08.2 PROXIMAL GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX: WHAT’S WRONG WITH GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY?
104

P.08.3 BASELINE IMPEDANCE VALUES CAN REPRESENT A MARKER OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND ARE STRONGLY RELATED WITH THE DURATION OF THE DISEASE
104

P.08.4 INCIDENCE AND MANAGEMENT OF ACHALASIA IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: AN EIGHT-YEAR SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
105

P.08.5 FEASIBILITY OF HIGH RESOLUTION IMPEDANCE MANOMETRY IN ASSESSING BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS EXTENSION
105

P.08.6 THE IMPACT OF RHINOLOGIC EVALUATION ON PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED SUPRAESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
106

P.08.7 THE USE OF NON-ABLATIVE RF ENERGY (STRETTA) FOR THE TREATMENT OF GERD, WHAT HAPPENS A DECADE LATER
106

P.08.8 CAUSAL EFFECT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND NONALLERGIC RHINITIS WITH NEUTROPHILS
106

P.08.9 CORRELATION BETWEEN HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY PARAMETERS AND SYMPTOMS IN TREATED ACHALASIA PATIENTS
107

P.08.10 ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION MORPHOLOGY ASSESSMENT BY HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY IN OBESE PATIENTS CANDIDATE TO BARIATRIC SURGERY
107

P.08.11 THE POSITION WITHIN THE OESOPHAGEAL CIRCUMFERENCE PREDICTS DYSPLASIA IN SHORT SEGMENT BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS: A 7-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE SERIES OF 341 LESIONS
107

P.08.12 GERDQ QUESTIONNAIRE DISTINGUISHES PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR-RESPONSIVE ESOPHAGEAL EOSINOPHILIA FROM EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS PATIENTS
108

P.08.13 WHICH IS THE BEST CUT-OFF TO DEFINE INEFFECTIVE ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY?
108

P.08.14 A PROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF THE ESPGHAN GUIDELINES IN A SYMPTOMATIC ADULT POPULATION
109

P.08.15 INCREASED INTRA-BOLUS PRESSURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN AND NEGATIVE ENDOSCOPY – A STUDY USING HIGH-RESOLUTION MANOMETRY
109

P.08.16 NEW IMPEDANCE-PH PARAMETERS OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE: A LESSON FROM PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE ATROPHIC GASTRITIS, NON-EROSIVE REFLUX DISEASE AND FUNCTIONAL HEARTBURN
110

P.09 Colon 1
110

P.09.1 HIGHER ADENOMA DETECTION RATE BUT NOT ADVANCED ADENOMA WITH ENDOCUFF-ASSISTED COLONOSCOPY IN A SCREENING POPULATION
110

P.09.2 COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING: PRELIMINARY DATA FROM THE CASERTA AREA
111

P.09.3 COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING IN EARLY AGE: PRELIMINARY DATA FROM THE CASERTA AREA
111

P.09.4 THREE-DIMENSIONAL HIGH-RESOLUTION ANORECTAL MANOMETRY AND RECTOANAL DELTA CONTRACTILE INTEGRAL FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL DEFECATORY DISORDERS: TOY OR TOOL?
111

P.09.5 DIVERTICULAR DISEASE: ALTERED RESPONSE TO ENTERIC NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN HUMAN COLONIC LONGITUDINAL AND CIRCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE
112

P.09.6 LONG TERM FOLLOW-UP OF RECURRENT/RESIDUAL COLORECTAL ADENOMAS AFTER ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
112

P.09.7 PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CLINICALLY METASTATIC MESORECTAL LYMPH NODES IN LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL CANCER TREATED BY NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR SURGICAL STRATEGIES IN RELATION TO PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE
113

P.09.8 BIOFEEDBACK BENEFITS PATIENTS WITH DYSSYNERGIC DEFECATION WITH OR WITHOUT ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
113

P.09.9 AN APPROACH TO CHRONIC CONSTIPATION BY DIGITAL EXAMINATION + BALLOON EXPULSION TEST IS FEASIBLE IN DAILY CLINICAL PRACTICE AND DECREASES FURTHER ANORECTAL INVESTIGATION
113

P.09.10 CLINICAL USE OF VIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY FOR SMALL BOWEL SURVEILLANCE IN HEREDITARY COLORECTAL CANCER SYNDROMES
114

P.09.11 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COLORECTAL POLYPS AND COLONIC DIVERTICULOSIS
114

P.09.12 ASSESSMENT OF FECAL MICROBIOTA AND FECAL METABOLOME IN SYMPTOMATIC UNCOMPLICATED DIVERTICULAR DISEASE OF THE COLON
114

P.09.13 ADVANCED ADENOMA IN SCREENING POPULATION AND LIFE STYLE HABITS: A CASE CONTROL STUDY
115

P.09.14 ROLE OF METABOLIC, ATHEROGENIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL ADENOMAS
115

P.09.15 INCREASED ABUNDANCE OF BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IS ASSOCIATED WITH CLINICAL IMPROVEMENT AFTER RIFAXIMIN TREATMENT
115

P.10 Liver 2
116

P.10.1 REACTIVATION OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS IN CANCER PATIENTS TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY FOR SOLID TUMORS. IS THE PROPHYLAXIS REALLY REQUIRED?
116

P.10.2 EFFECTS OF SILYBIN ADMINISTRATION ON THE REDOX STATE AND OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE OF HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS
117

P.10.3 COUPLED PLASMA FILTRATION ADSORPTION (CPFA) REDUCES BILIRUBIN. CASE REPORT WITH A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
117

P.10.4 SPLEEN ELASTOGRAPHY WITH ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING IN CIRRHOSIS WITH PORTAL HYPERTENSION
117

P.10.5 BERBERINE, TOCOTRIENOLS AND GREEN DECAFFEINATED COFFEE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE: EFFECT OF FULL AND HALF DOSE TREATMENT. SINGLECENTRE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
118

P.10.6 MICROWAVE ABLATION OF LARGE HCCS USING A NEW DEVICE: A CASE SERIES
118

P.10.7 MICROWAVE ABLATION VERSUS RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
118

P.10.8 PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF METABOLIC SYNDROME AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE
119

P.10.9 ACCURACY OF INTESTINAL PERMEABILITY IN PREDICTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS
119

P.10.10 FEASIBILITY OF HCV INFECTION SCREENING IN BABY BOOMERS WITH A RAPID, NON-INVASIVE POINT-OF-CARE TEST IN ORAL FLUID
120

P.11 Endo/EUS 2
120

P.11.1 EUS-GUIDED PANCREATICOGASTROSTOMY AFTER GASTRIC SURGERY WITH ROUX-EN-Y RECONSTRUCTION: A BRIEF CASE SERIES
120

P.11.2 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND STAGING OF NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS
121

P.11.3 THE ROLE OF COMBINED USE OF EUS-FNA AND BILIARY BRUSHING IN CYTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF PANCREATOBILIARY MALIGNANCES
121

P.11.4 CLINICAL IMPACT OF ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND–FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION (EUS-FNA) OF LEFT ADRENAL GLAND (LAG)
122

P.11.5 THE USE OF A POCKET MOBILE ULTRASOUND DEVICE IN THE EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED BILIARY DISEASE
122

P.11.6 ECHOENDOSCOPIC ETHANOL ABLATION OF TUMOR COMBINED TO CELIAC PLEXUS NEUROLYSIS IN PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA
122

P.11.7 PANCREATIC FNA: CAN WE GET RID OF THE MICROSCOPE?
122

P.11.8 THE ROLE OF EUS-FNA IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS
123

P.12 Coeliac Disease 2
123

P.12.1 GLUTEN-FREE DIET DOES NOT INFLUENCE THE OCCURRENCE AND THE TH1/TH17-TH2 NATURE OF IMMUNE-MEDIATED DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH COELIAC DISEASE
123

P.12.2 DIAGNOSIS OF CELIAC DISEASE IN ADULTS WITHOUT DUODENAL BIOPSY IN THE PRESENCE OF POSITIVE ANTI-ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODIES AND ANTI-TRANSGLUTAMINASE ANTIBODIES
124

P.12.3 IDENTIFICATION OF A SERUM ANTI-TRANSGLUTAMINASE THRESHOLD VALUE FOR THE NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF CELIAC DISEASE IN ADULTS
124

P.12.4 MACRONUTRIENT INTAKES IN OBESE SUBJECTS WITH OR WITHOUT SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH: AN ALIMENTARY SURVEY
124

P.12.5 EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY IN ADULT CELIAC DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SYMPTOM SEVERITY AND READILY RESPONDS TO GLUTEN EXCLUSION
125

P.12.6 GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANAEMIA IN ADULT COELIAC PATIENTS: THE ROLE OF TMPRSS6 AND HFE
125

P.12.7 OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH POSITIVE BREATH TEST FOR SIBO SIX MONTHS AFTER COMBINED TREATMENT WITH RIFAXIMIN AND PROBIOTICS
125

P.12.8 INTESTINAL FERMENTATION IN SELF-REPORTED NON-CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY: A COMPARISON WITH IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AND HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS
126

P.12.9 INTENSIVE COMBINED TREATMENT IN REFRACTORY MORBID OBESITY: OUR EXPERIENCE WITH A GROUP OF PATIENTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY
126

P.12.10 SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH IS LINKED TO VASCULAR DISEASE VIA VITAMIN K2-DEPENDENT MECHANISMS
127

P.13 Colon 2
127

P.13.1 SPLIT-DOSING REGIMEN FOR BOWEL PREPARATION BEFORE COLONOSCOPY: LOW-VOLUME PEG (POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL) SOLUTIONS VERSUS LARGE-VOLUME PEG SOLUTION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
127

P.13.2 DO WE REALLY NEED BIOPSY TO DIAGNOSE COLORECTAL CANCER?
128

P.13.3 EFFICACY OF OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT ON FUNCTIONAL CONSTIPATION: PILOT STUDY OUTCOME RESEARCH
128

P.13.4 A LOW FODMAP DIET IN IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME IMPROVES SYMPTOMS WITHOUT AFFECTING BODY COMPOSITION AND EXTRACELLULAR BODY WATER
128

P.13.5 COLONIC FLAT LESIONS DETECTION USING 64-MDCT COLONOGRAPHY, AND A COMPUTER AIDED DETECTION (CAD) SYSTEM. RADIOLOGICAL-ENDOSCOPICAL CORRELATION
129

P.13.6 A PRIMARY CARE INTERVENTION MODEL ON THE DIVERTICULAR DISEASE
130

P.13.7 CORRELATION BETWEEN GUT PATHOGENS AND FAECAL LACTOFERRIN LEVELS IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE DIARRHEA
130

P.13.9 A PREDICTIVE ROLE OF ANORECTAL MANOMETRIC DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC REFRACTORY CONSTIPATION
131

P.13.10 NON-ELECTIVE SURGERY FOR ACUTE COMPLICATED DIVERTICULITIS. PRIMARY RESECTION-ANASTOMOSIS OR HARTMANN’S PROCEDURE? A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND METAANALYSIS
131

P.13.11 KAPLAN-MEIER CUMULATIVE SURVIVAL CURVES: A SIX YEAR EXPERIENCE OF A LARGE VOLUME COLONOSCOPY COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING CENTER
131

P.13.12 OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTS FOR RECTAL PATIENTS IN NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY
132

P.13.13 DYNAMIC TRANSPERINEAL ULTRASOUND FOR THE EVALUATION OF PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS: WHICH IS THE BEST POSITION?
132

P.14 IBD 2
133

P.14.1 EVALUATION OF BONE METABOLISM DURING ANTI-TNF THERAPY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
133

P.14.2 IS TOPICAL THERAPY UNDERUSED IN PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS? OUR EXPERIENCE
133

P.14.3 CORRELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL RESPONSE AND ANEMIA RESOLUTION IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES TREATED WITH ANTI-TNF INHIBITORS
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P.14.4 ESCHERICHIA COLI NISSLE 1917 IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS TREATMENT: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
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P.14.5 METASTATIC CUTANEOUS CROHN’S DISEASE OF THE FACE TREATED WITH INFLIXIMAB: CASE REPORT AND FOLLOW UP
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P.14.6 PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
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P.14.7 DRUG ADHERENCE IN IBD PATIENTS
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P.14.8 DO ULCERATIVE COLITIS PATIENTS TREATED WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS AT DIAGNOSIS REALLY HAVE A MORE AGGRESSIVE DISEASE COURSE?
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P.14.9 JEJUNAL CROHN’S DISEASE: CHARACTERISTICS, OUTCOME, NEED OF SURGERY AND IMMUNOMODULATORS IN A RETROSPECTIVE SINGLE-CENTER STUDY
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P.14.10 QUANTIFICATION OF FODMAPS INTAKE IN PATIENTS WITH QUIESCENT INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
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P.14.11 METABOLIC SYNDROME: AN UNRECOGNIZED RISK FACTOR IN IBD
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P.14.12 ADHERENCE TO OUTPATIENT FOLLOW-UP VISIT IN IBD PATIENTS
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P.14.13 ENDOSCOPIC ACTIVITY EVALUATION IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS: STILL AN UNSOLVED ISSUE
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P.14.14 EXPLORING THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF IBD: PRELIMINARY DATA FROM EPIMICI STUDY IN SAN MARINO
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P.14.15 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF INFLIXIMAB AND ADALIMUMAB IN CROHN’S DISEASE PATIENTS IN A SINGLE IBD CENTER: A RETROSPECTIVE REAL-LIFE STUDY
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P.14.16 A NEW THERAPEUTIC LASER SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPIC ABLATION OF ESOPHAGEAL LESIONS – FIRST RESULTS IN AN ESTABLISHED ANIMAL MODEL
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P.15 Endoscopy 1
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P.15.1 ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION OF DUODENAL NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS: A CASE SERIES OF A SINGLE INSTITUTION
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P.15.2 NEO-ENDOSCOPIC CUL DE SAC OTSC MADE IN DELAYED SURGICAL COMPLICATION
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P.15.3 INCREASED PERFORMANCE OF AN UPDATED ROCKALL SCORE IN ACUTE NON VARICEAL UPPER GASTRO INTESTINAL BLEEDING: A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE ITALIAN STUDY
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P.15.4 BLACK ESOPHAGUS: AN UNCOMMON CAUSE OF NON VARICEAL UPPER GI BLEEDING
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P.15.5 GUIDE WIRE ASSISTED CANNULATION OF MINOR PAPILLA IN PANCREAS DIVISUM: OUR EXPERIENCE
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P.15.6 THE ACCURACY OF ACETIC ACID CHROMOENDOSCOPY (AAC) FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF SPECIALIZED INTESTINAL METAPLASIA (SIM) AND EARLY NEOPLASIA (EN) IN PATIENTS WITH BARRETT’S OESOPHAGUS (BO). SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
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P.15.7 GUIDELINES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY (ATT) FOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES AND CLINICAL PRACTICE: PRELIMINARY REPORT
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P.15.8 POOR OUTCOME FROM ACUTE UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS: A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
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P.15.9 TRANSFUSION STRATEGY AND DEATH RISK IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE NON VARICEAL UPPER GASTRO INTESTINAL BLEEDING (NV-UGIB) IN ITALY: A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
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P.15.10 ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF ANASTOMOTIC STENOSIS AFTER INTESTINAL RESECTION FOR DEEP ENDOMETRIOSIS: A SINGLE CENTER’S EXPERIENCE
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P.15.11 HIGH DOSE VERSUS NON HIGH DOSE OF PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS IN PATIENTS WITH PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING AFTER ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT: A META-ANALYSIS
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P.16 Endoscopy 2
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P.16.1 FIRST NATIONAL REGISTRY ON A NEW DISPOSABLE CHOLANGIOSCOPE FOR SINGLE OPERATOR CHOLANGIOSCOPY
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P.16.2 SMALL BOWEL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY IN PATIENTS WITH LYNCH SYNDROME. A CASE REPORT
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P.16.3 IMPROVEMENT OF APPROPRIATENESS AND REDUCTION OF WAITING LISTS CONCERNING UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY OUTPATIENTS: A SINGLE-CENTRE PROSPECTIVE STUDY
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P.16.4 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED TRANSMURAL STENTING FOR GALLBLADDER DRAINAGE IN HIGH RISK PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND POOLED ANALYSIS
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P.16.5 TRANSORAL OUTLET REDUCTION FOR THERAPY OF WEIGHT REGAIN AFTER GASTRIC BYPASS
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P.16.6 ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT WITH SELF EXPANDABLE METAL STENT OF NEOPLASTIC COLONIC STRICTURES
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P.16.7 WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING IN VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE CASE SERIES
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P.16.8 UTILIZATION OF OBSERVATION UNIT IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR THE FINDING OF OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING THROUGH CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY: A PILOT STUDY
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P.16.9 DOES URGENT COLONOSCOPY FOR LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING NEED ORAL BOWEL PREPARATION?
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P.16.10 DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY IN DETECTING SMALL BOWEL NEUROENDOCRINE NEOPLASMS (SB-NENS)
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P.16.11 SIMULTANEOUS ONE-PIECE ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION FOR TWO POORLY DIFFERENTIATED EARLY GASTRIC CANCER IN ELDERLY PATIENT
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P.16.12 CAP-ASSISTED MUCOSECTOMY OF COLORECTAL LESIONS: EXPERIENCE OF 59 CASES BY THE GASTROENTEROLOGY AND ENDOSCOPY UNIT – TRENTO
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P.16.13 THE INCIDENCE OF POST-ERCP PANCREATITIS IS NOT REDUCED IN PATIENTS GIVEN INTRAVENOUS KETOROLAC FOR POSTPROCEDURAL ABDOMINAL PAIN
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P.16.14 BILIARY FULLY COVERED SELF EXPANDABLE METAL STENTS: EXPERIENCE IN A SINGLE CENTER
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P.16.15 FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS SMALL BOWEL SURVEILLANCE: COULD INDICATORS FOR VIDEO-CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY BE ASCERTAINED?
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P.17 Endoscopy 3
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P.17.1 COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT BOWEL PREPARATION REGIMENS FOR COLONOSCOPY: A SINGLE-CENTRE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
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P.17.2 USEFULNESS OF PROPHYLACTIC HEMOCLIPS PLACEMENT IN MINIMIZING DELAYED POST-ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION BLEEDING IN GASTRIC SUPERFICIAL LESIONS: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
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P.17.3 COLONOSCOPY IN ELDERLY MORE THAN 80 YEARS OLD: OUR EXPERIENCE
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P.17.4 PEG IN VERY ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA: A SAFE PROCEDURE
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P.17.5 FIBRIN SEALANT (EVICEL®): ENDOSCOPIC INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF BLEEDING GASTROINTESTINAL LESIONS: PROSPECTIVE, SINGLE-ARM, PILOT STUDY
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P.17.6 QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER GASTRIC BANDING AND GASTRIC BYPASS FOR MORBID OBESITY: A PROSPECTIVE COMPARISON
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P.17.7 DIGESTIVE BLEEDING IN PEDIATRIC AGE: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
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P.17.8 ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION LEARNING CURVE: EXPERIENCE OF A LARGE VOLUME COLONOSCOPY CRC ITALIAN SCREENING CENTER
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P.17.9 VIDEOCAPSULAR ENDOSCOPY IN OCCULT OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING: REPORT OF FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE OF A REFERRAL TERTIARY CENTRE
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P.18 Endoscopy 4
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P.18.1 SMALL BOWEL TUMORS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
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P.18.2 UPPER AND LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL LESIONS OVERLOOKED AT CONVENTIONAL ENDOSCOPY AND FURTHER DIAGNOSED WITH SMALL BOWEL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF ENDOSCOPIC EXPERIENCE IN PATIENTS WITH OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
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P.18.3 EARLY WAKE UP, ONE DAY LOW FIBER DIET: SPLIT BOWEL EVEN FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING COLONOSCOPY EARLY IN THE MORNING. A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE
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P.18.4 CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA
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P.18.5 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT AND LONG TERM FOLLOW UP OF PATIENTS WITH OBSCURE GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING AND UNCERTAIN SUBMUCOSAL MASSES AT SMALL BOWEL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY
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P.18.6 ERCP OUTCOMES IN PRESENCE OF A PERIAMPULLARY DIVERTICULUM
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P.18.7 ENDOSCOPIC PAPILLARY LARGE BALLOON DILATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF LARGE STONES IN ELDERLY PATIENTS (80 YEARS OLD OR OVER)
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P.18.8 FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS AND EXTRAINTESTINAL MANIFESTATIONS WITH MALIGNANT POTENTIAL: DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
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P.18.9 ENDOSCOPIC PIECEMEAL RESECTION OF SESSILE OR FLAT COLONIC LESIONS > 2 CM: LONG-TERM RESULTS
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P.18.10 SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF UNDILUITED N-BUTYL-2 CYANOACRYLATE INJECTION AS ENDOSCOPIC RESCUE THERAPY FOR REFRACTORY ACUTE NONVARICEAL UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
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P.18.11 USE OF PILLCAM COLON 2 IN PATIENTS AT ELEVATED RISK OF COLONOSCOPY ASSOCIATED ADVERSE EVENTS
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P.18.12 HEMOSPRAY IN TREATMENT OF ACUTE BLEEDING DUE TO UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TUMORS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
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P.18.13 HEMOSPRAY AS FIRST-LINE AND RESCUE THERAPY FOR GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
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