Pilot study of endoscopic retrograde 3-dimensional - computed tomography enteroclysis for the assessment of Crohn's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Endoscopic retrograde ileography (ERIG) is developed in our institute and applied clinically for the diagnosis and assessment of the Crohn's disease activity. We have further improved the technique using 3-dimensional - computed tomography enteroclysis (3D-CTE) and conducted a retrospective study to determine the feasibility and the diagnostic value of endoscopic retrograde 3D-CTE (ER 3D-CTE) in Crohn's disease patients in a state of remission.

Methods

Thirteen Crohn's patients were included in this pilot study. CTE was performed after the infusion of air or CO₂ through the balloon tube following conventional colonoscopy. The primary endpoint of this study was to assess the safety of this method. Secondarily, the specific findings of Crohn's disease and le

SUBMITTER: Tanabe H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423330 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature