A. Mascarenhas
14 Papers
A. Mascarenhas is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Predicting residual neoplasia after a non-curative gastric ESD: validation and modification of the eCura system in the Western setting: the W-eCura score
Rui Morais,Diogo Libânio,Mario Dinis Ribeiro,Aníbal Ferreira,Pedro Barreiro,Michael J Bourke,Sunil Gupta,Pedro Amaro,R. Küttner Magalhães,Paolo Cecinato,Pedro Boal Carvalho,Rolando Pinho,Enrique Rodríguez de Santiago,Sandro Sferrazza,Arnaud Lemmers,Mariana Figueiredo,Marhieu Pioche,F Garrido Gallego,Eduardo Albéniz,Felipe Ramos Zabala,Hugo Uchima,Frieder Berr,Andrej Wagner,Margarida Marques,Pedro Pimentel-Nunes,Margarida Gonçalves,A. Mascarenhas,Elisa Gravito Soares,Sofia Xavier,Isabel Faria-Ramos,Bernardo Sousa-Pinto,Irene Gullo,Fatima Carneiro,Guilherme Macedo,João Santos-Antunes +34 more
TL;DR: The eCura scoring system may be applied in Western countries to stratify the risk of LNM after a gastric HRR and a new score is proposed that may further decrease the number of unnecessary surgeries.
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Early intervention with biological therapy in Crohn´s disease - how early is early?
Joana Revés,A. Mascarenhas,Maria José Temido,B Morão,C. Nascimento,A.R. Franco,Raquel Mendes,Carolina Palmela,Cristina Chagas,P Figueiredo,L. Glória,Francisco Javier Portela,Joana Torres +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors found that starting anti-TNF therapy within the first 24 months after Crohn's disease diagnosis was associated with a low rate of CD-related complications and high rates of clinical and endoscopic remission, although no differences with earlier initiation within this window of opportunity.
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Current Approach to Dysphagia: A Review Focusing on Esophageal Motility Disorders and Their Treatment
A. Mascarenhas,Rui Mendo,C. O'Neill,A.R. Franco,Raquel Mendes,Inês Simão,José Pedro Rodrigues +6 more
TL;DR: The Chicago Classification v4.0 as mentioned in this paper uses a hierarchical approach and provides a standardized diagnosis of esophageal motility disorders, allowing a tailored therapeutic approach, however, there are still lacking standardized therapeutic options for esophagesophagia.
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Liver cirrhosis requiring transplantation in the context of hepaticojejunostomy stricture after a traumatic bile duct injury
A. Mascarenhas,Hugo Pinto Marques,João Coutinho,Américo Martins,Fernando Nolasco +4 more
TL;DR: The case of a 19-year-old male referred for liver transplantation due to biliary injury after abdominal trauma is reported, with the presence of liver cirrhosis and the intractability of this complication culminated in the decision of liver transplantation.
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Risk of Residual Neoplasia after a Local-Risk Resection of Colorectal Lesions by Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: A Multinational Study
João Santos-Antunes,Mathieu Pioche,F Ramos-Zabala,Paolo Cecinato,F Garrido Gallego,Pedro Barreiro,A. Mascarenhas,Sandro Sferrazza,Frieder Berr,Andrej Wagner,Arnaud Lemmers,Mariana Figueiredo Ferreira,Eduardo Albéniz,H. Uchima,Ricardo Küttner-Magalhães,Carlos A. Fernandes,Rui Morais,Sunil Gupta,D. Martinho-Dias,Isabel Faria-Ramos,Margarida Marques,Michael J. Bourke,Guilherme Macedo +22 more
TL;DR: A higher rate of residual lesion was found after a piecemeal ESD resection, but not after an en bloc resection with positive horizontal margins, for colorectal benign neoplasia.
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