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Introduction: The diagnostic yield (DY) of small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) varies considerably according to its indication. Some strategies have been used to increase DY with varying results. The intention of this study was to identify whether evaluation of the SBCE recordings by a second reviewer can increase DY and change patient management. Methods: One hundred SBCEs with different indications, already read by an endoscopist were read by a second blinded endoscopist. When the results of the 2 readings were different, the images were discussed by the endoscopists; if no consensus was reached, they took the opinion of a third endoscopist into account. All the participating endoscopists had experience in reading SBCEs (i.e., >50 per year). The SBCE findings were divided into positive (vascular lesions, ulcers, and tumors), equivocal (erosions or red spots), and negative. The interobserver agreement and the increase in DY were assessed as well as the percentage of false-negatives (FNs) in the first evaluation. Results: The indications for SBCE were small-bowel bleeding (SBB) in 48 cases, Crohn's disease (CD) in 30, and other causes (iron-deficiency anemia, small-bowel tumors, and diarrhea) in 22. There was substantial interobserver agreement between evaluations (κ = 0.79). The findings in the first evaluation were positive in 60%, equivocal in 20% and, negative in 20%. In the second evaluation, 66% were positive, 18% were equivocal, and 16% were negative. The increase in DY with the second reading was 6% (p = 0.380), i.e., 6.3% for SBB, 4.4% for CD and 9.2% for other indications, resulting in a change in management of 4% of the patients. FNs in the first SBCE reading were found in 4% of the SBCEs. Discussion: A second evaluation of the SBCE recordings identified significant pathology that the first evaluation had missed, resulting in a nonsignificant 6% increase in DY and a change in the management of 4% of the patients.
Introdução: O rendimento diagnóstico (DY) da enteroscopia por cápsula (SBCE) varia consideravelmente de acordo com as suas indicações. Foram estudadas algumas estratégias para melhorar o DY, com resultados variados. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar se uma segunda leitura de registos de enteroscopia por cápsula por um segundo endoscopista pode melhorar o DY e alterar o manejo dos doentes. Métodos: 100 SBCE realizadas por indicações variadas, previamente avaliadas por um endoscopista, foram reavaliadas por um segundo endoscopista cego para a primeira leitura. Na presença de resultados discordantes nas 2 leituras, as imagens foram discutidas pelos 2 endoscopistas, e por um terceiro na ausência de consenso entre os 2 primeiros. Todos os endoscopistas são experientes na leitura de SBCE (>50 SBCE/ano). Os achados foram categorizados em positivos (lesões vasculares, úlceras e tumores), equívocos (erosões e pontos vermelhos) e negativos. Foi avaliada a concordância inter-observador e o aumento do DY, bem como a percentagem de falsos negativos da primeira avaliação. Resultados: As indicações para SBCE foram hemorragia do intestino delgado (SBB) em 48 casos, doença de Crohn (CD) em 30 e outras causas (anemia por défice de ferro, pesquisa de tumores do intestino delgado e diarreia) em 22. A concordância inter-observador foi substancial (k = 0.79). Os achados da primeira avaliação foram positivos em 60%, equívocos em 20% e negativos em 20%, enquanto na segunda avaliação foram positivos em 66%, equívocos em 18% e negativos em 16%. O aumento de DY foi de 6% com a segunda leitura (p = 0.38), sendo 6.3% para SBB, 4.4% para CD e 9.2% para outras indicações, resultando numa alteração no manejo de 4% dos doentes. Foram identificados falsos negativos na primeira avaliação em 4% das SBCE. Conclusão: A segunda avaliação dos registos de SBCE identificou patologia significativa previamente não identificada, resultando num aumento não significativo de 6% do DY e numa alteração no manejo de 4% dos doentes.
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BACKGROUND: Third-space endoscopy is a novel, safe, and effective method for treating different gastrointestinal conditions. However, several failed endoscopic procedures are attributed to incomplete myotomy. Lighting devices are used to prevent organic injuries. We aimed to investigate the feasibility of using a hand-made LED-probe (LP) in third-space procedures. METHODS: This prospective study was conducted in a tertiary-care center in Mexico between December 2016 and January 2019. We included peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) and gastric peroral endoscopic myotomy(G-POEM) procedures. Pseudoachalasia, peptic ulcer, normal gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) and prepyloric tumors were excluded. LP was used to guide or confirm procedures. Clinical and procedural characteristics were recorded and analyzed. RESULTS: Seventy third-space procedures were included (42POEM,28G-POEM), with an average patient age of 46.7 ± 14.3 and 43.7 ± 10.1 years, respectively. For the POEM and G-POEM groups, respectively, 18/42(42.9%) and 13/28(46.7%) patients were males; median procedure times were 50 (interquartile range [IQR]: 38-71) and 60(IQR: 48-77) min, median LP placement times were 5(IQR: 4-6) and 6(IQR: 5-7) min, mild adverse events occurred in 4(9.4%) and 4(14.2%) of cases, and clinical success at 6 months occurred in 100 and 85.7% of cases. Integrated relaxation pressure (IRP) improved from 27.3 ± 10.8 to 9.5 ± 4.1 mmHg (p < 0.001); retention percentage at 4 h also improved. LP was successfully placed and adequate myotomy confirmed including 14.2 and 17.8% of POEM and G-POEM difficult patients. CONCLUSIONS: Using an LP is promising and allows guiding during third-space procedures either for submucosal tunnel creation or myotomy confirmation, with excellent safety and efficacy in clinical practice.
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Endoscopia do Sistema Digestório/instrumentação , Acalasia Esofágica/cirurgia , Iluminação/instrumentação , Miotomia/instrumentação , Piloromiotomia/instrumentação , Adulto , Endoscopia do Sistema Digestório/métodos , Estudos de Viabilidade , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , México , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Boca/cirurgia , Miotomia/métodos , Estudos Prospectivos , Piloromiotomia/métodos , Centros de Atenção Terciária , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS: New mucosal resective and ablative endoscopic procedures based on gastric cardiac remodeling to prevent reflux have appeared. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of a new ablative technique named antireflux ablation therapy (ARAT) for control of GERD in patients without hiatal hernia. METHODS: Patients with proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-refractory GERD without hiatal hernia underwent ARAT between January 2016 and October 2019. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease-Health-Related Quality of Life (GERD-HRQL), upper endoscopy, 24-hour pH monitoring, and PPI use were documented at 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after ARAT. RESULTS: One hundred eight patients were included (61 men [56.5%]; median age, 36.5 years; range, 18-78 years). ARAT was performed on all patients. At the 36-month evaluation, 84 patients had completed the protocol. Median ARAT time was 35.5 minutes (range, 22-51 minutes), and median circumference ablation was 300° (range, 270°-320°). No major adverse events occurred, and 14 of 108 patients (12.9%) presented with stenosis that was responsive to balloon dilation (<5 sessions). At the 3-month evaluation, the acid exposure time (AET), DeMeester score, and GERD-HRQL score had decreased from 18.8% to 2.8% (P = .001), 42.5 to 9.1 (P = .001), and 36.5 to 10 (P = .02), respectively, and these values were maintained up to 36 months. Success (AET <4%) was achieved in 89% and 72.2% at 3 and 36 months, respectively. Related factors at 36 months were as follows: pre-ARAT Hill type II (odds ratio [OR], 3.212; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.431-5.951; P = .033), post-ARAT 3-month Hill type I (OR, 4.101; 95% CI, 1.812-9.121; P = .042), and AET <4% at 3 months (OR, 5.512; 95% CI, 1.451-7.621; P = .021). CONCLUSIONS: ARAT is a feasible, safe, and effective therapy for early and mid-term treatment of GERD in patients without a sliding hiatal hernia. However, longer follow-up evaluations and randomized comparative studies are needed to clarify its real role. (Clinical trial registration number: NCT03548298.).
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Técnicas de Ablação , Fundoplicatura , Refluxo Gastroesofágico , Hérnia Hiatal , Técnicas de Ablação/métodos , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Endoscopia Gastrointestinal , Monitoramento do pH Esofágico , Estudos de Viabilidade , Feminino , Refluxo Gastroesofágico/tratamento farmacológico , Refluxo Gastroesofágico/cirurgia , Hérnia Hiatal/tratamento farmacológico , Hérnia Hiatal/cirurgia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Inibidores da Bomba de Prótons/uso terapêutico , Qualidade de Vida , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto JovemAssuntos
Angiodisplasia , Coagulação com Plasma de Argônio/métodos , Endoscopia por Cápsula/métodos , Enteroscopia de Duplo Balão , Íleo , Jejuno , Angiodisplasia/diagnóstico , Angiodisplasia/fisiopatologia , Angiodisplasia/cirurgia , Enteroscopia de Duplo Balão/instrumentação , Enteroscopia de Duplo Balão/métodos , Humanos , Íleo/irrigação sanguínea , Íleo/diagnóstico por imagem , Jejuno/irrigação sanguínea , Jejuno/diagnóstico por imagem , Masculino , Melena/diagnóstico , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is a recognized technique for patients with achalasia. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using a small-caliber endoscope (thin-POEM) to perform POEM in patients with achalasia. METHODS: Naïve or previously treated patients were included between February 2016 and April 2018.âA small-caliber (5.9âmm) nasoendoscope was used, with a modified closure method using cyanoacrylate. Strict follow-up was performed. RESULTS: 45 patients were included, aged 45.5 years (interquartile range [IQR] 22â-â69); 53â% (24/45) had type II achalasia. Median total time for thin-POEM was 54 minutes (IQR 37â-â77) and median myotomy length was 13.5âcm (IQR 6â-â20). Results pre-procedure and 3 months post were Eckardt score 10 vs. 1 (Pâ<â0.001), integrated relaxation pressure (IRP) 25.3 vs. 8.5âmmHg (Pâ<â0.001), and timed barium esophagram (TBE) 100â% severely delayed vs. 86â% normal (Pâ<â0.001), respectively. Type III patients had the longest thin-POEM times (median 58 minutes [IQR 52â-â77]). Reflux was confirmed at 3 months clinically in 17â% of patients, endoscopically in 20â%, and on pH monitoring in 53â%. At 6 months and 12 months, 40â% and 33â% of patients remained positive on pH monitoring and were medically managed. CONCLUSIONS: Thin-POEM seems to be a safe, effective, and efficient procedure for POEM in patients with achalasia, with good short-term follow-up results.
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Endoscópios , Endoscopia do Sistema Digestório , Acalasia Esofágica , Refluxo Gastroesofágico , Miotomia , Cirurgia Endoscópica por Orifício Natural , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/diagnóstico , Endoscopia do Sistema Digestório/efeitos adversos , Endoscopia do Sistema Digestório/instrumentação , Endoscopia do Sistema Digestório/métodos , Desenho de Equipamento , Acalasia Esofágica/diagnóstico , Acalasia Esofágica/epidemiologia , Acalasia Esofágica/cirurgia , Monitoramento do pH Esofágico/métodos , Monitoramento do pH Esofágico/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Refluxo Gastroesofágico/diagnóstico , Refluxo Gastroesofágico/etiologia , Humanos , Masculino , México , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Miotomia/efeitos adversos , Miotomia/instrumentação , Miotomia/métodos , Cirurgia Endoscópica por Orifício Natural/efeitos adversos , Cirurgia Endoscópica por Orifício Natural/instrumentação , Cirurgia Endoscópica por Orifício Natural/métodos , Avaliação de Processos e Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Estudos RetrospectivosAssuntos
Endoscopia por Cápsula , Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/etiologia , Infecções por Uncinaria/diagnóstico , Albendazol/uso terapêutico , Anti-Helmínticos/uso terapêutico , Hemorragia Gastrointestinal/diagnóstico por imagem , Infecções por Uncinaria/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Background and study aims Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) is an excellent endoscopic treatment for achalasia. Clinical and manometric parameters are used for evaluation and follow-up.âHowever, clinical success does not guarantee high quality of life (QoL) scores, generating doubts about their direct relationship.âWe aimed to evaluate QoL scores before and after POEM at medium and long term, to evaluate differences between achalasia subtypes and find which factors related to low QoL scores. Patients and methods Achalasia-confirmed patients undergoing POEM between February 2012 and November 2016. and completing at least 1 year of follow-up, were included. Assessment before and at 1, 6, 12, 24, 36 and 48 months after POEM employed manometry, barium series, Eckardt score, and the AE-18 health-related QoL scale. Demographic, clinical, and procedure characteristics were documented, with comparisons between subgroups. Multiple logistic regression analysis was done. Results 65 of 88 patients were included (38 women, 27 men; median age 47 years, interquartile range [IQR] 20â-â81), and 50 (76.9â%) completed 4 years of follow-up.âEckardt score improved (median, preprocedure 10 vs. post-procedure 2; Pâ=â0.002) and this persisted. There was initial improvement in median integrated relaxation pressure (IRP) (29.4âmmHg [16â-â55] vs. 10.3âmmHg [3â-â18]; Pâ=â0.000) and median QoL scores (40 vs. 68âat 1 month; Pâ=â0.002); however IRP increased and QoL scores decreased. Men with confirmed type III achalasia had low QoL scores. Conclusions All patients had significant clinical improvement after POEM, with medium- to long-term persistence. Though quality of life and IRP initially improved, they deteriorated in the long term. Male sex and type III achalasia seem to be associated with low QoL scores.
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Acalasia Esofágica/cirurgia , Esfíncter Esofágico Inferior/fisiopatologia , Esfíncter Esofágico Inferior/cirurgia , Miotomia de Heller , Qualidade de Vida , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Sulfato de Bário , Meios de Contraste , Endoscopia Gastrointestinal , Acalasia Esofágica/diagnóstico por imagem , Acalasia Esofágica/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Miotomia de Heller/métodos , Humanos , Masculino , Manometria , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Relaxamento Muscular , Período Pós-Operatório , Período Pré-Operatório , Pressão , Radiografia , Fatores Sexuais , Fatores de Tempo , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Background: Esophageal achalasia is a primary motor disorder of the esophagus characterized by impair relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter and absent of esophageal peristalsis. Per-oral endoscopic myotomy is an alternative treatment to surgical Heller myotomy in patients over 65 years old. The aim of this paper was to describe the results of peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) or the treatment of achalasia in geriatric patients. Methods: We included patients over 65 years old with POEM, from retrospective cohort review, in which POEM was performed with a standardized technique in our department. Results: 12 patients were included, the procedure was successful in 98% of patients, minor adverse events occurred without mortality. Conclusions: POEM is a safe and effective technique for the treatment of achalasia, the results of the study are similar to those reported in the literature.
Introducción: La acalasia es un trastorno motor primario del esófago caracterizado por falla en la relajación del esfínter esofágico inferior y ausencia de peristalsis esofágica sin una causa identificable de obstrucción en el esófago distal. La miotomía endoscópica a través de la boca es un tratamiento alternativo a la cardiomiotomía de Heller laparoscópica en pacientes mayores de 65 años. El objetivo de este trabajo fue describir los resultados la miotomía endoscópica a través de la boca (POEM), en pacientes mayores de 65 años. Métodos: Estudio retrospectivo con diagnóstico manométrico de acalasia, de pacientes mayores de 65 años de edad. Resultados: Se incluyeron 12 pacientes, se consideró tratamiento exitoso cuando el paciente alcanza un índice de Eckardt < 3. El procedimiento fue exitoso en el 98% de los pacientes, se presentaron eventos adversos menores en la mayoría de los pacientes. Conclusiones: La miotomía endoscópica a través de la boca es una técnica segura y efectiva para el tratamiento de acalasia en adultos mayores, los resultados del estudio son similares a los reportados en la literatura.