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| Ay Jiun WangSummaryAffiliation: Mackay Memorial Hospital Country: Taiwan Publications
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Clinical predictors of severe gallbladder complications in acute acalculous cholecystitisAy Jiun Wang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 9:2821-3. 2003..To evaluate the relationship between clinical information (including age, laboratory data, and sonographic findings) and severe complications, such as gangrene, perforation, or abscess, in patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC)...
Adhesive small bowel obstruction: how long can patients tolerate conservative treatment?Shou Chuan Shih
Gastroenterology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital and Mackay Junior College of Nursing, No 92, Section 2, Chang San North Road, Taipei, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 9:603-5. 2003..To evaluate how long patients with small bowel obstruction caused by postoperative adhesions can tolerate conservative treatment...
Human intestinal capillariasis (Capillaria philippinensis) in TaiwanLi-Hua Lu
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu Branch, Taiwan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:810-3. 2006..Nine cases were diagnosed by histopathological biopsied specimens. About half of the 30 cases denied having consumed raw or undercooked fish. All cases recovered to health after receiving medication, with no deaths or recurrences...
Long-term results of anti-Helicobacter pylori therapy in early-stage gastric high-grade transformed MALT lymphomaLi Tzong Chen
Division of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:1345-53. 2005..Several independent clinical studies have reported that Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy could achieve complete remission in some patients with H. pylori-positive early-stage gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma...
Efficacy and safety of thalidomide in patients with hepatocellular carcinomaHsueh-Erh Chiou
Pharmacy Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10449, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 12:6955-60. 2006..A low dose (200 mg/d) of thalidomide is recommended to continue the treatment long enough to make it more effective...
Clinical features of human intestinal capillariasis in TaiwanMing Jong Bair
Department of Gastroenterology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, 1, Lane 303 Chang Sha St Taitung, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 10:2391-3. 2004..Two cases were diagnosed by histology. Mebendazole or albendezole 200 mg orally twice a day for 20-30 d is the treatment of choice. All the patients were cured, and relapses were not observed within 12 mo...
Salvage therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with thalidomideTsang En Wang
Gastroenterology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital and Mackay Junior College of Nursing, No 92 Section 2 Chang San North Road, Taipei, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 10:649-53. 2004..To evaluate the clinical benefit of thalidomide in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma)...
Omeprazole is more effective than a histamine H2-receptor blocker for maintaining a persistent elevation of gastric pH after colon resection for cancerTzu Chi Hsu
Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Am J Surg 187:20-3. 2004..An assessment was made of the change and the effect of a histamine H(2)-receptor blocker (H(2)-blocker) or omeprazole on gastric pH after surgery...
Accidental diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura by colonoscopyChen-Wang Chang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, and Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
Gastrointest Endosc 68:154. 2008
Rabeprazole- versus esomeprazole-based eradication regimens for H. pylori infectionI Chen Wu
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Helicobacter 12:633-7. 2007..Different kinds of proton pump inhibitor-based triple therapies could result in different Helicobacter pylori eradication rates...
Comparison of stool enzyme immunoassay and immunochromatographic method for detecting Helicobacter pylori antigens before and after eradicationDeng-Chyang Wu
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 56:373-8. 2006..There were no statistically significant differences between these 2 stool tests. ImmunoCard HpSA STAT is a rapid, simple, and accurate in-clinic test for preeradication diagnosis of H. pylori and posteradication follow-up...
Endoscopic patterns and histopathological features after eradication therapy in Helicobacter pylori-associated nodular gastritisMing Jen Chen
Department of Gastroenterology, Mackay Memorial Hospital and Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, No 92, Sec 2, Chung Shan N Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan, Republic of China
Dig Dis Sci 53:1893-7. 2008..14) and follicular gastritis (P = 0.047, 95% CI 0.04-0.52), primarily among patients whose endoscopic pattern resolved completely. The disappearance of nodularity on endoscopy was accompanied by a decrease in follicular gastritis score...
Colchicine sensitizes human hepatocellular carcinoma cells to damages caused by radiationChia-Yuan Liu
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 11:4237-40. 2005..Lower doses of colchicine possess radiosensitizing effects via some mechanism other than G(2)/M arrest. Further study is necessary to elucidate the mechanism...
Endoscopic findings in a patient with Henoch-Schonlein purpuraMing Jen Chen
Division of Gastroen terology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, No 92, Sec 2, Chung Shan N Road, Taipei, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 11:2354-6. 2005..Endoscopy appears to have substantial diagnostic utility in patients suspected of having HSP, especially when abdominal symptoms precede the cutaneous lesions...
Outcome of simple use of mechanical lithotripsy of difficult common bile duct stonesWen Hsiung Chang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
World J Gastroenterol 11:593-6. 2005..However, the equipment for these techniques are very expensive; hence we opted for the simple mechanical lithotripsy and evaluated its performance...
Clinical significance of the expression of isoform 165 vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA in noncancerous liver remnants of patients with hepatocellular carcinomaI Shyan Sheen
Liver Research Unit, Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 11:187-92. 2005..To investigate the prognostic role of isoform 165 vascular endothelial growth factor messenger RNA (VEGF165 mRNA) in noncancerous liver tissues from patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...
Potentiation of the immunotherapeutic effect of autologous dendritic cells by pretreating hepatocellular carcinoma with low-dose radiationChing Chung Lin
Division of Gastroenterology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
Clin Invest Med 31:E150-9. 2008..To determine whether exposing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to low dose radiation increases the efficacy of dendritic cell-mediated immunotherapy for HCC...
