Esophageal varices requiring endoscopic therapies
Conditions
Interventions
Capsule endoscopy for patiens with esophageal varices receiving endoscopic therapy
Sponsors
Hyogo college of medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with portal hypertension who were determined to be necessary for prophylactic endoscopic therapies for esophageal varices
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)Patients aged less than 18 years (2)Patients with gastrointestinal obstruction or fistula or those being suspected of having gastrointestinal obstruction or fistula (3)Patients with gastrointestinal stenosis in whom capsule endoscopy will be remained in the same place. (4)Patients with cardiac pacemakers or other implanted medical devices (5)Patients with dysphagia (6)Patients in whom consents for removal of remained CE are unable to be obtained (7)Patients who are unable to receive open surgery (8)Patients who were judged to be inappropriate for the study subjects
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Prevalence for small bowel lesions (small bowel lesions will be defined as follows: (a) vascular lesion or (b) ulcerative lesion). Tumor lesion will not be included for small bowel lesions in this study. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactYoshinori Iwata
Hyogo college of medicine Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic disease, Department of Internal Medicine
Outcome results
None listed