Volume 7

Outcomes of COVID-19 in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience

1. Abstract 1.1. Aim: COVID-19 pandemia has a significant negative influence on liver transplantation. The transplantation centers has used different managment protocols to overcome this public health concern. Data about COVID-19 in liver transplant recipients bases on limited availability of studies. We reported herein our institutional experience to contribute collecting data to achieve more precise …

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Adverse Event Severity Grading System Applied to Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Metal Stenting as A One- or Two-Stage Procedure in Patients with Unresectable Malignant Extrahepatic Bile Duct Obstruction

1. Abstract 1.1. Aims: Percutaneous transhepatic biliary stenting (PTBS) can be associated with adverse events (AEs) of different severities. AEs might be assessed by a standardized AE severity grading system. The aim of this study was to compare the severity of adverse events in the 30-day interval after PTBS as a one- or two-stage procedure …

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The Role of Probiotics as Gastrointestinal Infections Treatment and Prophylaxis: A Review

1. Abstract Probiotics are products which contain microorganisms capable of supporting symbiotic relations with native microbiota of many environments. They are widely used and studied due to their capacity of improving biological systems’ overall health. Many hypothesis exist surrounding the mechanisms by which every microbe labelled as probiotic is the cause by which system health …

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