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Department of Internal Medicine: Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Research

Recent Publications

Ioannis Anastasiou

Ioannis Anastasiou, M.D.

  1. Cheema H, Raghavapuram S, Boston I, Cengiz C, Anastasiou J, Inamdar S, Tharian B. Resection of subepithelial lesions by a novel technique: “Band endoscopic full-thickness resection”. Endoscopy. 2022 Jul 29.  Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35913061 
  2. Khorsandi SE, Hardgrave HJ, Osborn T, Klutts G, Nigh J, Spencer-Cole RT, Kakos CD, Anastasiou I, Mavros MN, Giorgakis E. Artificial Intelligence in Liver Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2021 Dec;53(10):2939-2944.Epub 2021 Nov 2. PMID: 34740449. 
  3. Anastasiou J, Coronel E, Cazacu I, Săftoiu A, Berzin T. Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Diagnostic Approaches for Pancreatic Disease. Pancreas. 2021 Sep 1;50(8):e69-e70. PMID: 34714294. 
  4. Anastasiou J, Berzin T.Endoscopic ultrasound-guided vascular interventions: From diagnosis to treatment. Saudi J Med Med Sci 2018;6(2):61-67.PMID: 30787823 
  5. Snyder GM, Wright SB, Smithey A, Mizrahi M, Sheppard M, Hirsch EB, Chuttani R, Heroux R, Yassa DS, Olafsdottir LB, Davis RB, Anastasiou J, Bapat V, Bidari K, Pleskow DK, Leffler D, Lane B, Chen A, Gold HS, Bartley A, King AD, Sawhney MS. Randomized Comparison of 3 High-Level Disinfection and Sterilization Procedures for Duodenoscopes. Gastroenterology 2017 Oct;153(4):1018-1025. PMID: 28711629 
Felix I. Tellez-Avila, M.D.

Felix I. Téllez-Ávila, M.D.

  1. Téllez-Ávila FI, Tepox-Padrón A, Duarte-Medrano G, Ramírez-Luna MA, Lopezarce-Ángeles G, Jiménez-Gutiérrez JM, Herrera-Mora D.Patients With Unexplained Dilated Pancreatic Duct Have High Risk of Biliopancreatic Malignancy Detected by EUS. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2021;31:304-306.
  2. Romano-Munive AF, García-Correa JJ, García-Contreras LF, Ramírez-García J, Uscanga L, Barbero-Becerra VJ, Moctezuma-Velázquez C, Ochoa-Rubí JA, Toledo-Cuque J, Vázquez-Anaya G, Keil-Ríos D, Grajales-Figueroa G, Ramírez-Luna MÁ, Valdovinos-Andraca F, Zamora-Nava LE, Tellez-Avila F. Can topical epinephrine application to the papilla prevent pancreatitis after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography? Results from a double blind, multicentre, placebo controlled, randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2021;8(1):e000562.
  3. Téllez-Ávila FI, Figueredo-Zacarías MA, Muñoz-Anaya E, et al. EUS-guided biliary drainage in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction requires fewer interventions and has a lower cost compared to ERCP biliary drainage. Surg Endosc. 2020 May 26. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07667-5.
  1. Téllez-Avila FI, Casasola-Sánchez LE, Ramírez-Luna MÁ, et al. Permanent Indwelling Transmural Stents for Endoscopic Treatment of Patients With Disconnected Pancreatic Duct Syndrome: Long-term Results. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2018;52:85-90. 
  2. González-Fernández C, García-Rangel D, Aguilar-Olivos NE, Barreto-Zúñiga R, Romano-Munive AF, Grajales-Figueroa G, Zamora-Nava LE, Téllez-Avila FI. Higher adenoma detection rate with the endocuff: a randomized trial. Endoscopy. 2017;49:1061-1068.
  3. Saul A, Ramirez-Luna MA, Chan C, Uscanga L, Valdovinos-Andraca F, Hernandez-Calleros J, Elizondo J, Tellez-Avila F. EUS-guided drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts offers similar success and complications compared to surgical treatment but with a lower cost. Surg Endosc. 2016;30:1459-65.
  4. Téllez-Ávila F, Carmona-Aguilera GJ, Valdovinos-Andraca F, et al. Postoperative abdominal collections drainage: Percutaneous versus guided by endoscopic ultrasound. Dig Endosc. 2015;27:762-6.