Screening pre-bariatric surgery patients for esophageal disease with esophageal capsule endoscopy

AIM: To determine if esophageal capsule endoscopy (ECE) is an adequate diagnostic alternative to esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) in pre-bariatric surgery patients. METHODS: We conducted a prospective pilot study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of ECE (PillCam ESO2, Given Imaging) vs conventional...

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Main Authors: Shah, Ashish, Boettcher, Erica, Fahmy, Marianne, Savides, Thomas, Horgan, Santiago, Jacobsen, Garth R, Sandler, Bryan J, Sedrak, Michael, Kalmaz, Denise
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787348/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24115815
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i37.6188
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