IntroductionChronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive inflammatory disease of the pancreas leading to permanent damage, resulting in both exocrine and endocrine insufficiency. Understanding the management of patients with CP and their outc…
OBJECTIVE: Pain in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is frequently neglected/overlooked, particularly in ulcerative colitis, and communication about pain can be suboptimal. The current study juxtaposes clinicians' conceptualisations of patie…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors associated with the prevalence and incidence of gallstone disease (GSD) in women and men of the MAUCO population-based prospective cohort. DESIGN: 8948 MAUCO participants (aged 38-74 years) underwent abdom…
OBJECTIVE: Gibraltar is a unique densely populated multicultural British Overseas Territory for which no population data on disorders of gut-brain interaction have existed.We aimed to provide the first-ever assessment of prevalence of irrit…
OBJECTIVES: To compare the appendiceal microbiomes and examine the prevalence of Campylobacter species in the appendices of adult subjects with confirmed acute non-perforated appendicitis and controls with healthy appendices. DESIGN: Archi…