Live Webcast: Pediatric Capsule Endoscopy
BackJoin experts from the Komansky Center of NewYork-Presbyterian to learn about a pioneering method of making capsule endoscopy modality more pediatric-friendly. Learn about Dr. Sockolow's "Jellybean Test", live, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC) on OR-Live.com
Wireless capsule endoscopy represents an extraordinary technical innovation in diagnostic gastrointestinal endoscopy. Capsule endoscopy is highly useful to evaluate for inflammatory changes in patients suspected to have small bowel Crohn's disease in whom conventional imaging failed to confirm the diagnosis. It is now the method of first choice to assess for small bowel polyps or tumors, to find a source of blood loss in obscure intestinal bleeding, and for undiagnosed malabsorptive conditions such as intestinal lymphangiectasia.
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Uploaded: May 15, 2007 at 12:51 pm
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