Atlas of Video Capsule Endoscopy - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540231285 ISBN 13: 9783540231288

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2006

Synopsis

Wireless capsule endoscopy represents a revolutionary advance in noninvasive imaging of the digestive tract, particularly the small bowel. Well over 300,000 examinations have been performed in a relatively short time, testifying to the enormous unmet need to conquer the last bastion in digestive endoscopy. Capsule technology was developed to assist in the evaluation of diseases of the entire digestive tract, from the esophagus to the colon, but especially of the small bowel where it facilitates discovery of d- eases that are often not detectable with other modalities. Potential clinical indications and applications are constantly expanding. Currently, evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding is the foremost important indication for capsule endoscopy, occasionally followed by push enteroscopy or double-balloon endoscopy. The mean diagnostic value of capsule endoscopy for finding the cause of obscure bleeding is approximately 60%. The clinical utility of capsule endoscopy in the diagnosis of Crohn’s disease continues to evolve. Capsule endoscopy appears particularly useful in patients, including children, who have symptoms and signs suggestive of Crohn’s disease, when conventional diagnostic modalities remain negative. Other novel indications abound such as villous atrophy in celiac disease, lymphangiectasia, nodular lymphoid hyperplasia, drug-induced mucosal injury, radiation damage etc. Before introduction of the capsule, it was not r eadily possible to establish the extent of small bowel involvement in celiac disease. The strength of the capsule seems to lie in its ideal ability to diagnose, monitor, and assess complications in the latter disease.

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Synopsis

The small intestine had represented a "diagnostic gap" that has now been bridged by video capsule endoscopy, which supplements and enhances the results obtained with traditional radiological and endoscopic investigations. It features: the only noninvasive procedure for direct visualization of the entire small intestine - interalia, to assess the source of hemorrhage, inflammations, and tumors; painless, easily managed, feasible on an outpatient basis, without radiation exposure; principles for classification, interpretation, and evaluation of clinical relevance; common and uncommon alterations of the small intestine; normal findings; variants; and postoperative alterations. With the most important corresponding images and findings, it also covers: images of push enteroscopy, sonographic images, X-rays, CT scans; histologies and surgical specimens; additional findings from the entire gastrointestinal tract; practical guide and reference resource; methods, procedure, technique; avoiding and managing complications; structured terminology: reproducible for obtaining findings and diagnoses. This is the definitive work on video capsule endoscopy - a unique achievement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540231285
• ISBN 13: 9783540231288
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Keuchel Martin, Hagenmüller F., Fleischer David E.