Our letter published in @Gut_BMJ regarding combination NSBBs and banding for primary prophylaxis variceal bleeding. Follows CAVARLY trial. Some interesting findings need confirmed. https://t.co/H9fFMugLe1 @AdrianStanleyGI @EwanForrest1

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ Still avoiding ERCP training due to radiation fears? 🛑 Let’s bust the myths. 📚 Stringer et al lay out the facts, risks & practical mitigations to promote safety, equity, and confidence. 💡 Guidance on PPE, pregnancy, ergonomics, and exposure monitoring. 🔗

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance: minimum standards

Calling all ERCP endoscopists! Check out this paper on the use of Needle knife fistulotomy (NKF) in the setting of difficult cannulation, published in the journal. ✅ NKF is an effective method for achieving biliary cannulation in difficult cases on initial attempt (88.5%) and

🚨 Characteristics, aetiology and outcomes in patients with and without HCC 🚨 Insights from 🏴‍☠️ @AdrianStanleyGI in @FrontGastro_BMJ — 🔹 21.6% of HCC patients had no cirrhosis - diagnosed older & with more advanced disease. 🔹 No survival difference between cirrhotic &

Just out! Important #onlinefirst #openaccess #originalresearch from @NeilRajJ1 @NadirAbbas_X @DasariVm and colleagues on liver transplant assessment for HCC: https://t.co/oYHll7pkfF Insights into factors affecting listing, five year survival and downstaging pathway.

We are delighted to announce that Frontline Gastroenterology (FG) is now the official journal partner of the British Association for Study of Liver Disease (BASL, @basl_events) Our Editor in chief @PhilSmithIsBack is pictured with BASL President Dr Tim Cross @ClinicLiver to mark

3 year f-u data from our pTIPSS RCT. Reduced 3-year survival in pTIPSS arm with assoc higher rates of sepsis events. Unclear if TIPSS causing (GI blood bypassing Kuppfer cells of liver), carvedilol preventing, or both. Needs further study, pt selection for pTIPSS critical

🎉 Happy New Year from all at FG! Kick off your 2025 with a resolution to keep up to date with all our #onlinefirst content at https://t.co/FPfOTigvL5 @PhilSmithIsBack @sheiybani @VivekGoodoory @DunnePdj @RexWHHui @OTavabie @dr_aditi_kumar

Want to become a reviewer for FG? Register your interest HERE 👉 https://t.co/cEEhv7D8AD Why review for us? ✅ Stay up to date ✅ Help contribute to your field ✅ Improve your own editing and writing skills And much more! @sheiybani @VivekGoodoory @RexWHHui @DunnePdj

No surprises here from the home of GMAWS. Patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome and ArLD are managed extremely well. This paper in @FrontGastro_BMJ is very informative. https://t.co/eKRbo4Px5O

I sit on a NET MDT and found this quite useful

#FGImage from the paper by Everett et al: "British Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Quality Improvement Programme: minimum service standards and good practice statements" https://t.co/DMQH80xdlZ @SimonMEverett

Congratulations to Prof Ewan Forrest, Consultant Physician and Hepatologist at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, NHS GGC, and Honorary Professor at University of Glasgow, who is the new BSG Alcohol Lead! Prof Forrest will act as the lead and champion for the BSG on Alcohol,

What a pleasure!

Guidance from BSG (published in @FrontGastro_BMJ) on minimum standards for running a safe and effective ERCP service. A must read for any ERCPist and should be a helpful document for initiating local audits and discussion with team leads / management to improve practice

Great data from Glasgow. 21.6% new HCC did not have underlying cirrhosis. Non cirrhotics older at diagnosis but survival unaffected unless underwent TACE which was more beneficial for the non-cirrhotic group.

Can lumen-apposing metal stents make a difference to the management of severe acute pancreatitis? See below for the answer! 👇 https://t.co/ZmRUiT1UEv @drlak19 @sheiybani @MohsenSubhani @VivekGoodoory @DunnePdj @DrJMKennedy @RexWHHui @RMBeattie50 @PhilSmithIsBack

It's time for the next #FGDebate! It's time to talk seriously about how we can implement sustainability into hepatology practice with some fantastic advocates for #greenhepatology @jamesbmaurice @MhairiDonnelly Read the paper in advance and get involved! https://t.co/WHnEpcE5oX

If you like to know more about carbon footprinting for the gastroenterologist, read this article at @FrontGastro_BMJ Link: https://t.co/Ggl1Z2TsvV @MohsenSubhani @sheiybani @DunnePdj @UKGastroDr @BritSocGastro @HealioGastro