| Theme | Recent advances in detection of mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease | |
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| Title | Evaluation of mucosal healing with LCI/BLI in ulcerative colitis | |
| Publish Date | 2018/07 | |
| Author | Kazuhiko Uchiyama | Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefecutural University of Medicine |
| Author | Tomohisa Takagi | Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefecutural University of Medicine |
| Author | Yuji Naito | Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefecutural University of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | Mucosal healing is an important treatment goal for maintaining clinical remission in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. Linked color imaging (LCI) is a new technique of endoscopic image enhancement including in the LASEREO endoscopic system. LCI enhances mucosal redness and endoscopic mucosal classification based on LCI images, which are strongly correlated with histological inflammation and long-term prognoses for UC patients. Results obtained are better than those based on Mayo endoscopic subscores. | |