10 game changers in GI for 2015

Every year brings new progress in the clinical practice of gastroenterology. A recent Medscape article offers its take on the top 10 advances in the GI field for 2015.

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1. Cholecystectomy for mild gallstone pancreatitis

2.  Exclusion criteria and the effect on adenoma detection rate

3. Risk factors for prediction of cancer after initial colonoscopy

4. Clopidogrel with proton pump inhibitors

5. Weight loss and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

6. Long-term safety of PPI therapy

7. Grazoprevir-Elbasvir combination therapy for HCV

8. Fecal microbiota transplantation for Clostridium difficile

9. Barrett’s esophagus diagnosis and management

10. Hepatitis B reactivation during immunosuppressive drug therapy

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