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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jul 16, 2021; 13(7): 210-220
Published online Jul 16, 2021. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i7.210
Published online Jul 16, 2021. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v13.i7.210
Gastrointestinal endoscopy in cirrhotic patient: Issues on the table
Giuseppe Grassi, Ilaria Lenci, Alessandro Signorello, Martina Milana, Leonardo Baiocchi, Hepatology Unit, University of Tor Vergata, Rome 00100, Italy
Author contributions: Grassi G carried out data collection, analysis and interpretation, drafting of manuscript, critical revision; Lenci I, Signorello A, and Milana M carried out data collection and critical revision; Baiocchi L performed the proposal of study, study conception, correction of manuscript, critical revision.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None to disclose by all authors.
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Corresponding author: Leonardo Baiocchi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Hepatology Unit, University of Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome 00100, Italy. baiocchi@uniroma2.it
Received: April 29, 2021
Peer-review started: April 29, 2021
First decision: June 17, 2021
Revised: June 22, 2021
Accepted: June 28, 2021
Article in press: June 28, 2021
Published online: July 16, 2021
Peer-review started: April 29, 2021
First decision: June 17, 2021
Revised: June 22, 2021
Accepted: June 28, 2021
Article in press: June 28, 2021
Published online: July 16, 2021
Core Tip
Core Tip: In this minireview, we discuss some issues that are encountered while performing general gastrointestinal endoscopy in cirrhotic patients. The solution of these aspects may increase, in the future, the yield of this technique in subjects with significant liver disease.