| Theme | Endoscopic balloon dilation for small bowel stricture in Crohn's disease | |
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| Title | Salvage of capsule endoscopy by endoscopic balloon dilation | |
| Publish Date | 2020/08 | |
| Author | Teppei Omori | Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| Author | Miki Koroku | Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| Author | Harutaka Kanbayashi | Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| Author | Shun Murasugi | Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| Author | Tomoko Kuriyama | Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| Author | Maria Yonezawa | Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| Author | Katsushige Tokushige | Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University |
| [ Summary ] | In small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) for Crohn's disease (CD), the patency capsule (PC) is used to evaluate intestinal patency; however, an error in the evaluation of patency may result in retention of the capsule. In addition, the parylene coating in the PC may not pass through the stenosis and may remain in the intestinal tract as in SBCE. We will outline the salvage of the SBCE and PC parylene coating using endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) and will present a case study. | |