Video capsule endoscopy in children with Crohn’s disease – review article and single center experience
<p class="AbstractANGClanekAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">Video capsule endoscopy is a simple, safe, non-invasive, reliable procedure for visualization of the small bowel, well accepted and tolerated by patients, which can be safely performed in pediatric population as...
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| author | Tina Kamhi Trop Rok Orel |
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| description | <p class="AbstractANGClanekAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">Video capsule endoscopy is a simple, safe, non-invasive, reliable procedure for visualization of the small bowel, well accepted and tolerated by patients, which can be safely performed in pediatric population as well as in adults.</span></p><p class="AbstractANGClanekAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">In this review we describe the video capsule endoscopy system and its clinical applications for use. We discuss the importance of capsule endoscopy in small bowel visualization patients with Crohn’s disease. Contraindications and technical limitations of the procedure are listed. Furthermore, we review the literature for diagnostic effectiveness of the procedure, and compare the capsule endoscopy to other modalities for imaging of the small bowel. We describe possible complication of the procedure, capsule retention, and ways to minimize the risk of its occurrence.</span></p><p class="AbstractANGClanekAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">At the end, we report our experience with capsule endoscopy use in pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease.</span></p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a3cb38d136440e182412aff786801d02022-12-21T17:57:51ZengSlovenian Medical AssociationZdravniški Vestnik1318-03471581-02242013-10-01820576Video capsule endoscopy in children with Crohn’s disease – review article and single center experienceTina Kamhi Trop0Rok Orel1Clinical Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Children’s Hospital Bohoričeva 20, SI–1525 Ljubljana, SloveniaClinical Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Children’s Hospital Bohoričeva 20, SI–1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia<p class="AbstractANGClanekAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">Video capsule endoscopy is a simple, safe, non-invasive, reliable procedure for visualization of the small bowel, well accepted and tolerated by patients, which can be safely performed in pediatric population as well as in adults.</span></p><p class="AbstractANGClanekAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">In this review we describe the video capsule endoscopy system and its clinical applications for use. We discuss the importance of capsule endoscopy in small bowel visualization patients with Crohn’s disease. Contraindications and technical limitations of the procedure are listed. Furthermore, we review the literature for diagnostic effectiveness of the procedure, and compare the capsule endoscopy to other modalities for imaging of the small bowel. We describe possible complication of the procedure, capsule retention, and ways to minimize the risk of its occurrence.</span></p><p class="AbstractANGClanekAbstract"><span lang="EN-US">At the end, we report our experience with capsule endoscopy use in pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease.</span></p>http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/688capsule endoscopyCrohn’s diseasechildren |
| spellingShingle | Tina Kamhi Trop Rok Orel Video capsule endoscopy in children with Crohn’s disease – review article and single center experience Zdravniški Vestnik capsule endoscopy Crohn’s disease children |
| title | Video capsule endoscopy in children with Crohn’s disease – review article and single center experience |
| title_full | Video capsule endoscopy in children with Crohn’s disease – review article and single center experience |
| title_fullStr | Video capsule endoscopy in children with Crohn’s disease – review article and single center experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Video capsule endoscopy in children with Crohn’s disease – review article and single center experience |
| title_short | Video capsule endoscopy in children with Crohn’s disease – review article and single center experience |
| title_sort | video capsule endoscopy in children with crohn s disease review article and single center experience |
| topic | capsule endoscopy Crohn’s disease children |
| url | http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/688 |
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