Background. Enteroscopy plays a key role in the post-operative monitoring of patients with small bowel transplantation for the early detection of post-transplant complications and for the assessment of the graft's integrity. Routine surveillance enteroscopies (trans-stomal terminal ileoscopy or jejunoscopy) are invasive, may be unsafe in frail patients, and only allow incomplete exploration of the transplanted graft, which may be unsatisfactory, since the distribution of the lesions is often patchy or segmental. Aims. To evaluate the potential of capsule enteroscopy, a new, minimally invasive technique which allows complete exploration of the small bowel, in small bowel transplant recipients. Methods. Five small bowel transplanted patients underwent capsule enteroscopy with the GIVEN(R) endoscopy system. The results of capsule enteroscopy were compared with those of trans-stomal ileoscopy. Results. Capsule enteroscopy was better tolerated than ileoscopy and good quality images of the small bowel were obtained in four patients. The terminal ileum was normal both on ileoscopy and capsule enteroscopy. Mucosal changes in segments not reached by ileoscopy were detected by capsule enteroscopy in three of four patients. Conclusions. Capsule enteroscopy is better tolerated than ileoscopy, allows complete exploration of the transplanted graft and can detect mucosal changes in segments not reached by ileoscopy. (C) 2003 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Capsule enteroscopy in small bowel transplantation / R., de Franchis; E., Rondonotti; C., Abbiati; G., Beccari; A., Merighi; A., Pinna; Villa, Erica. - In: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 1590-8658. - STAMPA. - 35:10(2003), pp. 728-731. [10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00417-1]

Capsule enteroscopy in small bowel transplantation

VILLA, Erica
2003

Abstract

Background. Enteroscopy plays a key role in the post-operative monitoring of patients with small bowel transplantation for the early detection of post-transplant complications and for the assessment of the graft's integrity. Routine surveillance enteroscopies (trans-stomal terminal ileoscopy or jejunoscopy) are invasive, may be unsafe in frail patients, and only allow incomplete exploration of the transplanted graft, which may be unsatisfactory, since the distribution of the lesions is often patchy or segmental. Aims. To evaluate the potential of capsule enteroscopy, a new, minimally invasive technique which allows complete exploration of the small bowel, in small bowel transplant recipients. Methods. Five small bowel transplanted patients underwent capsule enteroscopy with the GIVEN(R) endoscopy system. The results of capsule enteroscopy were compared with those of trans-stomal ileoscopy. Results. Capsule enteroscopy was better tolerated than ileoscopy and good quality images of the small bowel were obtained in four patients. The terminal ileum was normal both on ileoscopy and capsule enteroscopy. Mucosal changes in segments not reached by ileoscopy were detected by capsule enteroscopy in three of four patients. Conclusions. Capsule enteroscopy is better tolerated than ileoscopy, allows complete exploration of the transplanted graft and can detect mucosal changes in segments not reached by ileoscopy. (C) 2003 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Capsule enteroscopy in small bowel transplantation / R., de Franchis; E., Rondonotti; C., Abbiati; G., Beccari; A., Merighi; A., Pinna; Villa, Erica. - In: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. - ISSN 1590-8658. - STAMPA. - 35:10(2003), pp. 728-731. [10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00417-1]
R., de Franchis; E., Rondonotti; C., Abbiati; G., Beccari; A., Merighi; A., Pinna; Villa, Erica
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