Evaluation of the Small Bowel, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

Download or read book Evaluation of the Small Bowel, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics written by Lauren B. Gerson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Endoscopic access to the small bowel has advanced significantly since the introduction of video capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy in early 2000. Other major advances have occurred in imaging modalities involving computed tomography and magnetic resonance studies. Due to these advances, the recent 2015 ACG guideline changed the terminology from “obscure to “small bowel bleeding because the majority of cases now can be found to have a small bowel source. The improvements in technology have advanced our ability to visualized vascular findings, inflammatory lesions, and small bowel neoplasms. Articles in this issue are devoted to these improvements in technology.