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Maintenance treatment with vedolizumab proved safe and effective in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with long-term remission achieved more frequently in children with ulcerative colitis (UC) than in those with Crohn’s disease (CD), according to the final 3-year data from the VEDOKIDS study.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) appear to be at heightened risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as reported in a study.

Both drotaverine and peppermint oil are safe and help alleviate abdominal pain in children whose pain cannot be attributed to a specific medical condition, with neither treatment demonstrating clear superiority over the other, according to the results of a single-blind, randomized controlled trial.

The timing of rectal cancer treatment is crucial in improving patient survival, according to a study.

The addition of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) to prednisolone results in improved steroid responsiveness and prolonged survival with fewer infections and new-onset complications among patients with severe alcohol-associated hepatitis (SAH), a study has shown.

Three-year data from the REAL study has shown that robot-assisted resection of middle or low rectal cancer is associated with lower locoregional recurrence and disease-free survival compared with the conventional laparoscopic approach.

Patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis may opt for visual endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy (V-ERAT) as a safe and effective alternative to antibiotic treatment to reduce the risk of recurrence, according to a study.

Treatment with the bivalent fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) analogue efruxifermin falls short of improving fibrosis in patients with compensated cirrhosis caused by metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (MASH), according to a phase 2b study.