Dear Friends and Colleagues Greeting from the Organizing Committee of 64th ISGCON 2023, Bengaluru! We are delighted to welcome each one of you to our prestigious 64th Annual Congress of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology, ISGCON 2023. Thi..Read More

Rome IV diagnostic criteria for functional dyspepsia necessitate the presence of one or more bothersome symptoms such as postprandial fullness, early satiation, epigastric pain or epigastric burning. Additionally, there should be no evidence ..Read More

Organic dyspepsia is characterized by the presence of an established organic, systemic or metabolic cause with symptoms, and resolution or improvement occurs after addressing the underlying condition. Examples include gastroesophageal refl ux..Read More

The process of picking the right treatment begins with the initial evaluation of the patient, which includes defi ning the severity of the disease and prognostic factors. For Crohn’s disease, predictors of an unfavorable course include age ..Read More

Refractory benign esophageal strictures are characterized by fi brotic restriction.Electrocautery shows a 100% response in 1 session for short strictures (..Read More

Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is classified into two types: Type 1 AIP, known as lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis, is considered the pancreatic manifestation of IgG4-related disease. Type 2 AIP is characterized as idiopathic duct-ce..Read More

Visceral artery aneurysms are often asymptomatic and are incidental fi ndings on CT and MRI. Mortality from their rupture ranges from 25% to 100%. Indications of treatment of true aneurysms include size >2 cm irrespective of anatomical site, ..Read More

How will you Find Happiness in Your Career? Finding happiness in your career involves recognizing the distinction between a job, which is short-term, and a career, which is long-term. While a job may lead to leaving work feeling angry, a care..Read More

Infl ammatory bowel disease (IBD) fl uctuates between relapse and remission, semi-relapse and semi-remission. Monitoring is covalently linked to outcomes.The goal of monitoring is to change the course of the disease, to improve the QoL of the..Read More

Excessive belching, as per Rome IV, is when it is bothersome enough to disrupt usual activities and occurs more than 3 days per week. It may occur either as an isolated symptom or may be associated with GERD, functional dyspepsia, gastropares..Read More

Stent selection: Plastic stent (straight/pigtail), fully covered metal stent To position the scope, identify proper dilated main pancreatic duct with good position. Scope direction to pancreatic head in stable position (transgastric or transd..Read More

Refeeding syndrome is a common but under recognized condition.Many at-risk patients such as chronic alcoholism, liver disease, chronic pancreatitis, perioperative patients (bowel strictures, IBD, Koch’s), GI cancer (chemoradiotherapy), pati..Read More

Acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC), as defined by Truelove and Witts, continues to be considered a medical emergency, with 10% to 25% of patients with UC presenting with ASUC as their index presentation and 20% to 30% experiencing ASUC d..Read More