Ileoscopy: Technique, Diagnosis, and Clinical Applications

✍ Scribed by Antonello Trecca, Giuseppe Cerno, Emilio Gentile Warschauer (auth.), Antonello Trecca (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Mailand
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 110
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This publication is dedicated to all the aspects involved in the endoscopic diagnosis of terminal ileum. The most experienced endoscopists, gastroenterologists and pathologists will focus on and discuss the principles of diagnosis and treatment of the main pathologies involved in this district. The technique of ileoscopy with all the newest advances in endoscopic imaging will be discussed. Another chapter will be dedicated to the possible flow chart of diagnosis of the principles diseases after ileoscopy, from capsule endoscopy to double balloon ileoscopy. A final session will be completely aimed at presenting clinical cases of relevant interest.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Terminal Ileoscopy: Technique....Pages 1-6
The Importance of Complete Colonoscopy and Exploration of the Cecal Region....Pages 7-11
What are the Correct Indications for Ileoscopy?....Pages 13-19
Contribution of New Technologies to Endoscopic Imaging....Pages 21-29
Ileoscopy in Coeliac Disease....Pages 31-33
The Role of Ileoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease....Pages 35-40
Ileoscopy in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases....Pages 41-46
Results of Ileoscopy in Pediatric Patients....Pages 47-52
The Role of Histology in Small Bowel Diseases....Pages 53-58
Radiological Diagnosis of Small-Bowel Diseases....Pages 59-64
Capsule Endoscopy: The Answer to a Challenge....Pages 65-71
Double-Balloon Enteroscopy....Pages 73-78
Single-Balloon Enteroscopy....Pages 79-85
Spiral Enteroscopy....Pages 87-90
Surgery for Small-Bowel Disease....Pages 91-102
Back Matter....Pages 103-104

✦ Subjects

Gastroenterology; Imaging / Radiology; Proctology; Colorectal Surgery