Colonoscopy Inflammatory bowel disease

Schreyer AG, Rath HC, Kikinis R et al (2005b) Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging colonography with conventional colonoscopy for the assessment of intestinal inflammation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease a feasibility study. Gut 54 250-256... 

The breath from people suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis) and irritable bowel syndrome has been studied using PTR-MS with the view to diagnosing gastrointestinal diseases [2]. In the same investigation, PTR-MS was also used to detect the VOC content of the headspace air above fluid taken from the gut of these patients during colonoscopy. Significant differences in the mass spectra were found for both the fluid headspace and in breath when compared with that obtained from healthy volunteers. 

Biancone L, Fiori R, Tosti C et al. (2003) Virtual colonoscopy compared with conventional colonoscopy for stricturing postoperative recurrences in Crohn s disease. Inflammatory Bowel Dis 9 343-350... 

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