conference on the digestive system and liver
The Digestive System and Liver Conference was held at the Saudi German Hospital, Jeddah, under the patronage of Professor Khaled Batterjee, from 1 to 3 November 2018, in partnership with the Saudi Liver Society and the Egyptian Society for the Digestive System and Hepatology, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Siraj Zakaria, President of the Egyptian Society.
Dr. Ahmed Hashem, a consultant of the digestive system, hepatology and endoscopy at the hospital, explained that several scientific sessions were held during the conference, where Dr. Muhammad Babtain, a consultant liver at King Fahd Hospital - grandfather, said that within the framework of the Ministry of Health plan to eliminate virus C by the year 2.30, it must be excavated For cases, a comprehensive medical survey in which primary care physicians participate and who can give the necessary treatment to patients as it is safe and almost free of side effects, and referral of cases is limited to complex cases, such as those with cirrhosis and decreased liver function or associated with kidney function disorder or kidney failure. Dr. Adnan Al-Zanbaki, a consultant of the digestive system and liver in King Abdullah City, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, said that third-generation drugs that allow the elimination of all genetic variants of the virus must be used, and treatment is limited to eight weeks only, compared to previous medicines that may extend to six months. And in a joint session with diabetes doctors, Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghamdi, Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at King Fahd Hospital, stressed the importance of following a diet to lose weight in inflammatory fatty liver disease, which has become the most common cause of cirrhosis in cases of obesity, as there is no ideal drug treatment for these cases. In a session on digestive system diseases, Prof. Dr. Youssef Qari, Professor of Gastroenterology at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, explained the importance of completely controlling the activity of ulcerative colitis by using all available medicines and making sure of this by making endoscopes and samples for tissue analysis as research has shown that this leads to a delay or prevention of occurrence Colon tumors in the long run. Regarding the use of a bile duct endoscopy to remove gallstones, Dr. Imad Turki, a consultant of gastrointestinal endoscopes at the Saudi German Hospitals Group, explained that it is necessary to ensure the presence of stones using all available analyzes and rays, including magnetic resonance on the bile ducts. On the sidelines of the conference, the specialized center for gastrointestinal and liver endoscopy was opened in the medical tower at the Saudi German Hospital, Jeddah, which is equipped with the most modern gastrointestinal endoscopes, as well as a unit for studying the motility of the upper digestive system and the stomach capsule. During the conference of the two societies in 2019.
