Please plan on attending GI Journal Club at 5PM in the Tyor Conference room on Tuesday, Nov 26th. We have a great bunch of papers to review before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Helen Fasanya-Uptagraft will present the IBD paper by Khan et al in Gastroenterology entitled: Risk of lymphoma in patients with ulcerative colitis treated with thiopurines: a nationwide retrospective cohort study. Gastroenterology. 145: 1007-1015. 2013. PMID 23891975.

Josh Spaete will present the esophagus paper by Gaddam et al: Persistence of non-dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus identifies patients at lower risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma: Results from a large multicenter cohort. Gastroenterology. 2013. PMID 23714382.

Bonike Oloruntoba will present the “hot topic” paper by Parikh et al: Inpatient weekend ERCP is associated with a reduction in patient length of stay. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2013. PMID 24145679.

Here are the articles we discussed in October:

Matt Rein presented the advanced therapeutics paper: Radiofrequency ablation for refractory gastric antral vascular ectasia by McGorisk et al in Gastrointestinal endoscopy 78: 584-8. 2013. PMID 23660565.

Hassan Dakik presented the biliary paper: Outcomes of EUS drainage of debris containing pseudocysts by using combined endoprosthesis and a nasocystic drain from Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 78: 589-95. 2013. PMID 23660566.

Ivan Harnden presented the hot topic paper: Cold Snare vx. Cold Forceps Polypectomy Using Double-Biopsy Technique for Removal of Diminutive Colorectal Polyps: A Prospective Randomized Study by Lee et al in Amedical Journal of Gastroenterology 108: 1593-1600. 2013. PMID 24042189. 

To follow-up Dr. Branch’s comment, here is a link to the Science article “Who’s Afraid of Peer Review” by John Bohannon (Oct 4, 2013) about publishing in open access journals. PMID 24092725.