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Polyethylene Glycol for Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy

open access: yesGastroenterology Research and Practice, 2017
Capsule endoscopy has been the first-line examination for small bowel diseases, yet its diagnostic yield is restricted by unsatisfactory bowel preparation.
Li Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

SEMS vs cSEMS in duodenal and small bowel obstruction : high risk of migration in the covered stent group [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Aim: To compare clinical success and complications of uncovered self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) vs covered SEMS (cSEMS) in obstruction of the small bowel.
Albert, Jörg Gerhard   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small-Bowel Capsule Endoscopy—Optimizing Capsule Endoscopy in Clinical Practice

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2021
The small bowel is the longest organ within the gastrointestinal tract. The emergence of small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) over the last 20 years has revolutionized the investigation and diagnosis of small bowel pathology.
Fintan O’Hara, Deirdre McNamara
doaj   +1 more source

3D‐Printed Gastrointestinal Stents: In Vivo Evaluation in a Swine Small Bowel Perforation Model

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gastrointestinal fistulae and perforations can lead to severe complications including sepsis and patient death. In this work, the efficacy of 3D‐printed gastrointestinal stents composed of poly‐lactic‐acid (PLA) was evaluated in an in vivo swine model.
Gweniviere Capron   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capsule endoscopy: Beyond small bowel

open access: yesJournal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2012
In this article the brief and dramatic history of capsule endoscopy of the digestive tract is reviewed. Capsule endoscopy offers a non invasive method to diagnose diseases that affect the esophagus, small bowel and colon.
Samuel N. Adler
doaj   +1 more source

Balloon-Assisted Enteroscopy and Capsule Endoscopy in Suspected Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Endoscopy, 2017
Inflammatory bowel diseases are idiopathic inflammatory diseases of two main types, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Crohn’s disease can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract, and the distal ileum is involved in up to 70% of patients. Moreover,
Hsu-Heng Yen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inflammatory bowel disease : CT and MR diagnosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The term inflammatory bowel disease refers to two main entities, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). The aetiology of these two conditions is uncertain.
Vassallo, Pierre
core  

Recent Advances in Collective Behaviors of Micro/Nanomotor Swarms

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review describes the driving forces behind collective motion, explores the self‐organization of micro/nano swarms across zero‐dimensional (0D), one‐dimensional (1D), two‐dimensional (2D), and three‐dimensional (3D) spaces, and highlights their potential in drug delivery, environmental monitoring, and smart devices.
Siwen Sun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endoscopy : an evolving speciality [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The practice of endoscopy has been rapidly changing due to new emerging technologies and novel techniques. There has been more focus on colonoscopy training with the development of structured programmes including simulators.
Arebi, Naila   +2 more
core  

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