Endoscopy

Environmental impact of single-use versus reusable gastroscopes

Pioche M, Pohl H, Cunha Neves J, et al. Environmental impact of single-use versus reusable gastroscopes. Gut 2024; 73(11): 1816-1822. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2024-332293.

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Cold versus hot snare endoscopic mucosal resection for large (≥15 mm) flat non-pedunculated colorectal polyps

O’Sullivan T, Cronin O, van Hattem W, et al. Cold versus hot snare endoscopic mucosal resection for large (≥15 mm) flat non-pedunculated colorectal polyps: a randomised controlled trial. Gut 2024; 73: 1823-1830. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2024-332807.

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Gut microbiota

Gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction

Samulėnaitė S, García-Blanco A, Mayneris-Perxachs J, et al. Gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in mice and humans. Gut 2024; 73(11): 1799-1815. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331445.

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Hepatology

The role of neutrophil extracellular traps (NET) and NLRP3 in alcohol- induced acceleration of MASH fibrosis

Babuta M, Morel C, de Carvalho Ribeiro M, et al. Neutrophil extracellular traps activate hepatic stellate cells and monocytes via NLRP3 sensing in alcohol- induced acceleration of MASH fibrosis. Gut 2024; 73: 1854–1869. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331447.

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Combination of carvedilol with variceal band ligation in prevention of first variceal bleed in Child-Turcotte-Pugh B and C cirrhosis with high-risk oesophageal varices

Tevethia H, Pande A, Vijayaraghavan R, et al. Combination of carvedilol with variceal band ligation in prevention of first variceal bleed in Child-Turcotte-Pugh B and C cirrhosis with high-risk oesophageal varices: the ‘CAVARLY TRIAL’. Gut 2024; 73: 1844-1853. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-331181. 

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Long-term liver-related outcomes and liver stiffness progression of statin usage in steatotic liver disease

Zhou X, Kim SU, Yip TC, et al.  Long-term liver-related outcomes and liver stiffness progression of statin usage in steatotic liver disease. Gut 2024; 73: 1883-1892. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2024-333074

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Reviewers

• Dr Benjamin Norton, Doctoral Research Student, Cleveland Clinic London (CCL) and University College London (UCL), London, UK
• Dr Mohsen Subhani, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
• Dr Mie Thu Ko, NIHR ST4 Academic Clinical Fellow, University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
• Dr Benjamin Zare, St Mark’s National Bowel Hospital & Academic Institute, London, UK
• Dr Ahmed El-Sayed, Clinical Research Fellow, UCL, London, UK
• Dr Puneet Chhabra, Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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, Editor in chief 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.