Gerald Gurakuqi

Landeskrankenhaus Graz | LKH · Klinik für Psychiatrie

Indocyanine green (ICG) clearance has been proposed as a quantitative liver function test several decades ago. Interest in this method has been renewed following the development of finger pulse densitometry for noninvasive estimation of the ICG plasma disappearance rate (PDR). On the other hand, the model for end-stage liver disease (MELD), which i...

Transjugular liver biopsy is an important tool for diagnosing and/or staging of advanced liver disease. This procedure is considered safe even in the presence of severe coagulopathy, although rare fatal complications have been described. We herein report the first case of fatal hemobilia after transjugular liver biopsy. A patient with alcoholic liv...

Unlabelled: Statin therapy may target both hypercholesterolemia and cholestasis in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). However, little is known about the efficacy and safety of statins in PBC. The aim of this single-center study was therefore to prospectively examine the effects of atorvastatin on serum markers of cholestasis, aminotransferases, and...

Common causes of chronically elevated serum liver enzymes include fatty liver disease, chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, or hereditary metabolic disorders. Adrenocortical insufficiency can also cause elevated liver enzymes. Since 1990 only 11 cases have been reported. We here report a 52-year-old man with elevated liver enzymes (1.5 x...

Common causes of chronically elevated serum liver enzymes include fatty liver disease, chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, or hereditary metabolic disorders. Adrenocortical insufficiency can also cause elevated liver enzymes. Since 1990 only 11 cases have been reported. We here report a 52-year-old man with elevated liver enzymes (1.5 ×...

Endoscopic mucosal resection of early esophageal cancer has increasingly proved to be an effective treatment modality, especially if the tumor has not invaded the muscularis mucosae. Different techniques have been introduced, using an overtube, double-channel endoscope, or suction cap. We have not found that these devices are required for snare res...

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) of renal concrements, a revolutionary therapeutic concept, was introduced into clinical routine in the early 1980s. In this study, complications and surgical interventions of biliary extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy were investigated. Two hundred-eighty patients with gallbladder stones underwent extra...

Over a 2 year period, 10 patients with pancreatic stones due to alcohol induced chronic pancreatitis (proven by endoscopic retrograde pancreatography) underwent extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. Prior to shockwave therapy, all patients underwent endoscopic sphincterotomy. Targeting of shockwave lithotripsy was exclusively performed under sonogr...

Endoscopic retrograde intracorporeal lithotripsy with a stone recognition laser system seems to be a promising alternative in patients with difficult bile duct stones. Sixteen patients with bile duct stones not suitable for endoscopic standard procedures underwent intracorporeal laser lithotripsy during a 3-month period. An average of 6800 (120 to...

A consecutive series of 10 patients with pancreatic stones due to chronic pancreatitis was treated by extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy during an investigation period of 2 years. The first step of the therapeutic regime included an endoscopic sphincterotomy prior to shockwave treatment. The targeting procedure was performed strictly under sonogr...