Young Jae Hwang1, Yonghoon Choi1, Nayoung Kim2,3, Hye Seung Lee4, Hyuk Yoon1, Cheol Min Shin1, Young Soo Park1, Dong Ho Lee1,5. 1. Digestive Disease Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro, 173beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea. 2. Digestive Disease Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro, 173beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea. nakim49@snu.ac.kr. 3. Department of Internal Medicine and Institute of Liver Research, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. nakim49@snu.ac.kr. 4. Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. 5. Department of Internal Medicine and Institute of Liver Research, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an important risk factor of atrophic gastritis (AG), intestinal metaplasia (IM), and gastric cancer (GC). However, no report to date has described the endoscopic improvement of AG and IM after H. pylori eradication. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the improvement of AG and IM after H. pylori eradication using endoscopic and histologic analyses. METHODS: A total of 380 subjects were prospectively enrolled for up to 12 years and grouped by their H. pylori infection status: negative, non-eradicated, and eradicated. Endoscopic and histologic analyses of AG and IM were performed in the antrum and the corpus, by annual follow-up endoscopy. RESULTS: Endoscopic AG and IM in the antrum and corpus in the eradicated group improved compared to that in the non-eradicated group (AG, P = 0.002 and P = 0.005; IM, P = 0.038 and P = 0.048, respectively). Histologic AG and IM in the antrum and corpus in the eradicated group also improved compared to that in the non-eradicated group (all P < 0.001). Time taken to the endoscopic improvement of AG and IM after H. pylori eradication was significantly longer than time taken to the histologic improvement in the antrum and corpus (AG in antrum: 3.47 ± 2.60 vs. 2.34 ± 1.71 years, P = 0.004; AG in corpus: 3.19 ± 2.30 vs. 1.87 ± 1.48 years, P = 0.002; IM in antrum: 4.40 ± 2.38 vs. 3.62 ± 2.35 years, P = 0.043; and IM in corpus: 4.82 ± 1.08 vs. 3.61 ± 2.22 years, P = 0.007, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Both endoscopic and histologic improvements of AG and IM were observed after H. pylori eradication, while endoscopic improvement took significantly longer time than histologic improvement.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is an important risk factor of atrophic gastritis (AG), intestinal metaplasia (IM), and gastric cancer (GC). However, no report to date has described the endoscopic improvement of AG and IM after H. pylori eradication. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the improvement of AG and IM after H. pylori eradication using endoscopic and histologic analyses. METHODS: A total of 380 subjects were prospectively enrolled for up to 12 years and grouped by their H. pylori infection status: negative, non-eradicated, and eradicated. Endoscopic and histologic analyses of AG and IM were performed in the antrum and the corpus, by annual follow-up endoscopy. RESULTS: Endoscopic AG and IM in the antrum and corpus in the eradicated group improved compared to that in the non-eradicated group (AG, P = 0.002 and P = 0.005; IM, P = 0.038 and P = 0.048, respectively). Histologic AG and IM in the antrum and corpus in the eradicated group also improved compared to that in the non-eradicated group (all P < 0.001). Time taken to the endoscopic improvement of AG and IM after H. pylori eradication was significantly longer than time taken to the histologic improvement in the antrum and corpus (AG in antrum: 3.47 ± 2.60 vs. 2.34 ± 1.71 years, P = 0.004; AG in corpus: 3.19 ± 2.30 vs. 1.87 ± 1.48 years, P = 0.002; IM in antrum: 4.40 ± 2.38 vs. 3.62 ± 2.35 years, P = 0.043; and IM in corpus: 4.82 ± 1.08 vs. 3.61 ± 2.22 years, P = 0.007, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Both endoscopic and histologic improvements of AG and IM were observed after H. pylori eradication, while endoscopic improvement took significantly longer time than histologic improvement.
Authors: Alisher Eshmuratov; Jong Chun Nah; Nayoung Kim; Hye Seung Lee; Hee Eun Lee; Byoung Hwan Lee; Min Sik Uhm; Young Soo Park; Dong Ho Lee; Hyun Chae Jung; In Sung Song Journal: Dig Dis Sci Date: 2009-07-23 Impact factor: 3.199
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