Small-Bowel Strictures Dilation and Stent Placement

Mar 11, 2017 by in GASTROENTEROLOGY Comments Off on Small-Bowel Strictures Dilation and Stent Placement

Benign Peptic ulcer NSAIDs (diaphragm disease) Crohn’s disease Radiation Postinfectious (viral) Ischemic Radiation Eosinophilic enteritis Trauma Anastomotic Stenosing enteritis Malignant Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (primary or recurrent) Metastatic disease Lymphoma Miscellaneous Pouch…

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Improved Capsule Hardware and Software

Mar 11, 2017 by in GASTROENTEROLOGY Comments Off on Improved Capsule Hardware and Software

Fig. 17.1 A sample of Quadview image overview Fig. 17.2 Panoramic images from the CapsoCam capsule. Blue arrows, sample duodenal papillas. Reprinted with permission from Friedrich K, Gehrke S, Stremmel…

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Balloon Enteroscopy

Mar 11, 2017 by in GASTROENTEROLOGY Comments Off on Balloon Enteroscopy

Fig. 7.1 Balloon-assisted enteroscopy. (a) Double-balloon enteroscope. (b) Single-balloon enteroscope. The major similitude is the overtube with the balloon (red circle). In double-balloon enteroscopy there is an additional balloon on…

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Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy

Mar 11, 2017 by in GASTROENTEROLOGY Comments Off on Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy

Fig. 6.1 (a) Pillcam SB3 (Given Imaging, Yokneam, Israel); (b) Endocapsule (Olympus Medical Systems Corporation, Tokyo, Japan); (c) Mirocam (IntroMedic Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea); (d) Capsocam SV1 (Capsovision, Saratoga, USA);…

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Indications for Imaging the Small Bowel

Mar 11, 2017 by in GASTROENTEROLOGY Comments Off on Indications for Imaging the Small Bowel

Vascular Inflammatory Neoplastic Other • Angioectasia • Peptic ulcer disease • Carcinoid • Abnormal imaging study • Arteriovenous malformation • Inflammatory bowel disease • GIST • Symptom evaluation • Dieulafoy…

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