Wireless Capsule Endoscopy
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Small Bowel Cancers Using Radioactive Gold Nanoparticles and Wireless Fluorescence Capsule Endoscopy
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Wireless capsule endoscopy is a new endoscopic tool for the diagnosis and management of small bowel diseases. The main indication at present is the evaluation of GI bleeding of obscure origin, Crohn’s disease, coeliac disease and small bowel tumors. Studies suggest that capsule endoscopy is associated with few adverse events. Whether cardiac pacemaker may interfere with capsule endoscopy is sti...
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INTRODUCTION Wireless capsule endoscopy is an important tool for minimally invasive evaluation of the small bowel, allowing improved diagnostic yield with low complication rates relative to traditional modalities. Recently however, reports on small bowel perforation after wireless capsule endoscopy have surfaced. Here we present the first case of acute small bowel perforation in a middle-aged m...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of wireless capsule endoscopy in Chinese patients. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING University teaching hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Twenty-eight patients who had undergone wireless capsule endoscopy between December 2002 and December 2003. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Diagnoses according to findings of capsule endoscopy and complications from the procedure...
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Wireless capsule endoscopy is a new tool in the armamentarium of the gastroenterologist to evaluate the small bowel non-invasively. It allows improved diagnostic yield with low complication rates relative to traditional modalities. But this new technology has its own set of complications, some which can lead to significant morbidity. Here, we present a case of complete small bowel obstruction f...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of wireless capsule endoscopy in identifying small bowel lesions in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed colonic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) type unclassified (IBDU), and to assess whether capsule endoscopy findings result in altered patient management. METHODS Ten pediatric patients recently diagnosed with IBDU through standard investigations were recru...
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