Endoscopy

Resection margin may represent a quality marker for completeness of polypectomy

Taghiakbari M, Anderson J, von Renteln D, et al. Extent of normal polyp resection margin: a possible quality measure for polyp resection. Gut 2024; 73(2):216-218. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330727.

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Gut microbiota

Prebiotic diet changes neural correlates of food decision-making in overweight adults

Medawar E, Beyer F, Thieleking R, et al. Prebiotic diet changes neural correlates of food decision-making in overweight adults: a randomised controlled within-subject cross-over trial. Gut 2024; 73(2):298-310. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330365.

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Recent Advances in Clinical Practice

Updates to the modern diagnosis of GERD: Lyon consensus 2.0

Gyawali C, Yadlapati R, Fass R, et al. Updates to the modern diagnosis of GERD: Lyon consensus 2.0. Gut 2024; 73(2): 361-371. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330616.

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IBD

Early-life diet and risk of inflammatory bowel disease

Guo A, Ludvigsson J, Brantsæter A, et al. Early-life diet and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: a pooled study in two Scandinavian birth cohorts. Gut 2024; doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330971.

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Gastroduodenal

Precancerous nature of intestinal metaplasia

Takeuchi C, Yamashita S, Liu Y, et al. Precancerous nature of intestinal metaplasia with increased chance of conversion and accelerated DNA methylation. Gut 2024; 73:255-267. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-329492

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Oesophagus

Shorter-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are associated with increased development of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Liu B, Udemba S, Liang K, et al. Shorter-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are associated with increased development of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and its complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a population-level retrospective matched cohort study. Gut 2024; 73(2): 246-254. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-329651.

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Reviewers

• Dr Benjamin Zare, St Mark’s National Bowel Hospital & Academic Institute, London, UK
• Dr Mie Thu Ko, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
• Dr Benjamin Norton, Doctoral Research Student, Cleveland Clinic London (CCL) and University College London (UCL), London, UK
• Dr Puneet Chhabra, Consultant Gastroenterology, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust, Huddersfield, UK
• Dr Mohsen Subhani, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
• Dr Ahmed El-Sayed, Gastroenterology Registrar, Hillingdon Hospital, Hillingdon, London, UK

BSG GUT Highlights is edited by Dr Philip J Smith, Honorary Consultant Luminal Gastroenterologist, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Mount Vernon, Liverpool, UK. Dr Smith is the Digital and Education Editor of GUT, Deputy Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology and Associate Editor of BMJ Open Gastroenterology.

Funding

The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

Competing interests

None declared.

Provenance and peer review

Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.