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ADVANCED RESEARCH IN GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY JUNIPER PUBLISHERS Authored by Abdelkader Boukerrouche Abstract Multi-disciplinary management, early diagnosis and treatment are the keys of success in patients with digestive severe caustic injury. Endoscopic dilations are the first treatment of esophageal stricture .Reconstructive surgery is an alternative option when the dilatations fail and which the objective is to restore the gut continuity and swallowing function with acceptable mortality and morbidity. Gastric and colon reconstruction are the two most used surgical procedures however the choice of procedure is based on anatomic conditions of patient and the surgeon experience. Sub strnal route and posterior mediastinum are the most employed approaches. The operative mortality has been increasingly decreased however the morbidity is still slightly higher. In this brief report, we review the preoperative assessment choice of graft organ...

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ADVANCED RESEARCH IN GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY JUNIPER PUBLISHERS Authored by Irshad Ahmad Opinion Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an envelope, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus which belongs to the genus Hepatits c virus and family Flaviviridae. It is a major cause of liver disease and in the long run proceeded to liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver failure eventually because death of the patient. HCV is an alarming epidemic that has infected more than 200 million people worldwide. Highest prevalence of HCV has been reported in the developing countries of the world especially in the subcontinents of Africa and South Asia. HCV shows a significant genetic diversity and has several strains or genotypes which vary among different geographic regions. A higher prevalence of HCV infection has been reported recently as 14.7, 6.7, 4.4, 3.2, 2.3, 2.3, 2.2, 1.5, 1.3, 1.3 and 1% in Egypt, Pakistan, Taiwan, Iraq, Philippine, Malaysia, Y...