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Simulators and training models for diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Technical and Technology Review Open

Ian M. Gralnek, Lorenzo Fuccio, Chiara Coluccio, Jérémie Jacques, István Hritz , et al. · 2025

Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy comprises both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures involving the luminal GI tract as well as the biliary tree, liver, and pancreas. GI endoscopy is challenging to learn, requiring both cognitive (nontechni…

Conventional small-bowel capsule endoscopy reading vs proprietary artificial intelligence auxiliary systems: Systematic review and meta-analysis Open

Pablo Cortegoso Valdivia, Stefano Fantasia, Stefano Kayali, Ulrik Deding, Noemi Gualandi , et al. · 2025

Small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) is the gold standard for diagnosing small bowel (SB) pathologies, but its time-consuming nature and potential for human error make it challenging. Several proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) auxili…

Unifying terminology, reporting, and bowel preparation standards in colon capsule endoscopy: Nyborg Consensus Open

Ian Io Lei, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Benedicte Schelde‐Olesen, James Turvill, Pablo Cortegoso Valdivia , et al. · 2025

Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) is becoming increasingly popular in Europe. However, development of quality assurance and standardized terminology has not kept pace with clinical integration of this technology. As a result, there are signifi…

Gastrointestinal Angiodysplasia Resolution After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Open

Lia Goltstein, Maxim J. P. Rooijakkers, Naomi D. E. Thierens, Selene C. M. Schoormans, Antonius E. van Herwaarden , et al. · 2024

Importance Heyde syndrome is the cooccurrence of aortic stenosis and gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to vascular lesions, including angiodysplasias. Several studies have demonstrated cessation of gastrointestinal bleeding after transca…

Pancreatic rendezvous technique for treating a disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome in a patient with ansa pancreatica Open

Jean Grimaldi, Antoine Guilloux, Xavier Dray, Marine Camus, Romain Leenhardt , et al. · 2024

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: A European multicenter cohort study Open

Aymeric Becq, Annouk Bisdorff, Maria Elena Riccioni, S. Blaise, S. Mallet , et al. · 2024

This is the largest cohort study on BRBNS. Diagnosis is mainly based on clinical presentation. d-dimer, fibrinogen and Tie2/TEK mutation testing should be performed in case of suspected BRBNS as it could help confirm the diagnosis.

Recent advances in the treatment of refractory gastrointestinal angiodysplasia Open

Aymeric Becq, Reena Sidhu, Lia Goltstein, Xavier Dray · 2024

Gastrointestinal angiodysplasia (GIA) is a common, acquired, vascular abnormality of the digestive tract, and a frequent cause of bleeding. Refractory GIA criteria usually include recurrent bleeding, transfusions and/or repeat endoscopy. P…

Gastrointestinal Angiectasia in patients with chronic kidney disease: A matched case-control study Open

Sarah Azancot, Xavier Dray, Parastou Moshiri, Adil Soualy, Antoine Guilloux , et al. · 2024

Endoloop ligation-assisted resection of bleeding ulcerated Brunner’s gland adenoma Open

Arthur Jourdain, Antoine Guilloux, Jeanne Salesse, Marie Lequoy, Romain Leenhardt , et al. · 2024

Brunner's gland adenoma is a rare benign polyp located in the proximal duodenum above the duodenal papilla [1]. It arises due to the proliferation of Brunner's glands and can result in polyps larger than 2 cm. These large lesions may lead …

AI-assisted capsule endoscopy reading in suspected small bowel bleeding: a multicentre prospective study Open

Cristiano Spada, Stefania Piccirelli, Cesare Hassan, Clarissa Ferrari, Ervin Tόth , et al. · 2024

Endoscopic ultrasound evaluation of portal cavernoma cholangiopathy and endoscopic management of choledochal variceal rupture during ERCP Open

Ana Paula Samy Tanaka Kotinda, Armelle Poujol‐Robert, Audrey Payancé, Romain Leenhardt, Marine Camus , et al. · 2024

Portal cavernoma cholangiopathy (PCC) is characterized by pathological alterations in the biliary system in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction and portal cavernoma [1]. Choledocholithiasis, found in 17% of these patients, i…

Bowel cleansing quality evaluation in colon capsule endoscopy: what is the reference standard? Open

Benedicte Schelde‐Olesen, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Ulrik Deding, Ervin Tóth, Konstantinos J. Dabos , et al. · 2024

Background: The diagnostic accuracy of colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) depends on a well-cleansed bowel. Evaluating the cleansing quality can be difficult with a substantial interobserver variation. Objectives: Our primary aim was to establi…

Small bowel capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy procedure load in France: a nationwide population-based study over 7 years Open

Xavier Dray, J. Buzzi, Vincent Quentin, Jean‐Christophe Saurin · 2023

Background and study aims Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a diagnostic tool mainly used to explore the small bowel (SB), whereas device-assisted enteroscopy (DAE) is preferred for therapeutics. We aimed to describe the procedure load of SB endos…

Endoscopic Ruler for varix size measurement: A multicenter pilot study Open

Yifei Huang, Shengjuan Hu, Yang Bu, Yiling Li, Yanhong Deng , et al. · 2023

The data demonstrates that Endoscopic Ruler is feasible and safe for measuring the size of varices in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Endoscopic Ruler is potential to promote the clinical practice of the two-grade classifi…

AI-Assisted Capsule Endoscopy Reading in Suspected Small Bowel Bleeding Open

Cristiano Spada, Stefania Piccirelli, Hassan Cesare, Clarissa Ferrari, Ervin Tόth , et al. · 2023

Small-bowel capsule endoscopy and device-assisted enteroscopy for diagnosis and treatment of small-bowel disorders: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Update 2022 Open

Marco Pennazio, Emanuele Rondonotti, Edward J. Despott, Xavier Dray, Martin Keuchel , et al. · 2022

Main Recommendations MR1 ESGE recommends small-bowel capsule endoscopy as the first-line examination, before consideration of other endoscopic and radiological diagnostic tests for suspected small-bowel bleeding, given the excellent safety…

Inter/Intra-Observer Agreement in Video-Capsule Endoscopy: Are We Getting It All Wrong? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open

Pablo Cortegoso Valdivia, Ulrik Deding, Thomas Bjørsum‐Meyer, Gunnar Baatrup, Ignacio Fernández-Urién , et al. · 2022

Video-capsule endoscopy (VCE) reading is a time- and energy-consuming task. Agreement on findings between readers (either different or the same) is a crucial point for increasing performance and providing valid reports. The aim of this sys…

Nomenclature and Definition of Atrophic Lesions in Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy: A Delphi Consensus Statement of the International CApsule endoscopy REsearch (I-CARE) Group Open

Luca Elli, Beatrice Marinoni, Reena Sidhu, Christian Bojarski, Federica Branchi , et al. · 2022

(1) Background: Villous atrophy is an indication for small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE). However, SBCE findings are not described uniformly and atrophic features are sometimes not recognized; (2) Methods: The Delphi technique was employe…

Evaluation by a Machine Learning System of Two Preparations for Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy: The BUBS (Burst Unpleasant Bubbles with Simethicone) Study Open

Charles Houdeville, Romain Leenhardt, Marc Souchaud, Guillaume Velut, Nicolas Carbonell , et al. · 2022

Background: Bubbles often mask the mucosa during capsule endoscopy (CE). Clinical scores assessing the cleanliness and the amount of bubbles in the small bowel (SB) are poorly reproducible unlike machine learning (ML) solutions. We aimed t…

Impact of the Ileal Microbiota on Surgical Site Infections in Crohn’s Disease: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Open

C Julien, Emré Anakok, Xavier Tréton, Maria Nachury, Stéphane Nancey , et al. · 2022

Background and Aims Surgery is performed in 50–70% of Crohn’s disease [CD] patients, and its main risk is surgical site infection [SSI]. The microbiota has been extensively assessed in CD but not as a potential risk factor for septic morbi…

PEACE: Perception and Expectations toward Artificial Intelligence in Capsule Endoscopy Open

Romain Leenhardt, Ignacio Fernández-Urién Sainz, Emanuele Rondonotti, Ervin Tόth, Cedric Van de Bruaene , et al. · 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) has shown promising results in digestive endoscopy, especially in capsule endoscopy (CE). However, some physicians still have some difficulties and fear the advent of this technology. We aimed to evaluate the p…

Artificial intelligence, capsule endoscopy, databases, and the Sword of Damocles Open

Xavier Dray, Ervin Tόth, Thomas de Lange, Anastasio Koulaouzidis · 2021

Letter to: AI everywhere in endoscopy, not only for detection and characterizationEndosc Int Open 2021; 09(04): E627-E628DOI: 10.1055/a-1373-4799

Feasibility and diagnostic yield of small-bowel capsule endoscopy in patients with surgically altered gastric anatomy: the SAGA study Open

Xavier Dray, Maria Elena Riccioni, Gabriele Wurm Johansson, Martin Keuchel, Guillaume Perrod , et al. · 2021

Prospective evaluation of third-generation small bowel capsule endoscopy videos by independent readers demonstrates poor reproducibility of cleanliness classifications Open

Xavier Dray, Guy Houist, Jean‐Philippe Le Mouel, Jean‐Christophe Saurin, Geoffroy Vanbiervliet , et al. · 2021

Endoscopic Vision Challenge 2021 Open

Stefanie Speidel, Lena Maier‐Hein, Danail Stoyanov, Sebastian Bodenstedt, Martin Wagner , et al. · 2021

Minimally invasive surgery using cameras to observe the internal anatomy is the preferred approach to many surgical procedures. Furthermore, other surgical disciplines rely on microscopic images or use flexible endoscopes for diagnostic pu…

Endoscopic management of anastomotic leak after esophageal or gastric resection for malignancy: a multicenter experience Open

Rachel Hallit, Mélanie Calmels, Ulriikka Chaput, Diane Lorenzo, Aymeric Becq , et al. · 2021

Background: Most anastomotic leaks after surgical resection for esophageal or esophagogastric junction malignancies are treated endoscopically with esophageal stents. Internal drainage by double pigtail stents has been used for the endosco…

Detachable string magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy for detecting high-risk varices in compensated advanced chronic liver disease (CHESS1801): A prospective multicenter study Open

Shuai Wang, Yifei Huang, Weiling Hu, Hua Mao, Mark McAlindon , et al. · 2020

Erratum to “A Low Power and Real-Time Architecture for Hough Transform Processing Integration in a Full HD-Wireless Capsule Endoscopy” [Aug 20 646-657] Open

Orlando Chuquimia, Andréa Pinna, Xavier Dray, Bertrand Granado · 2020

Presents corrections to author information in the above named paper.

Experience with the use of a hemostatic powder in 152 patients undergoing urgent endoscopy for gastrointestinal bleeding Open

Aymeric Becq, Charles Houdeville, My-Linh Tran Minh, Nils Steuer, David Danan , et al. · 2020

Poor Quality of Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy Images Has a Significant Negative Effect in the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Malignancy Open

Yung DE, JN Plevris, Romain Leenhardt, Xavier Dray, Anastasios Koulaouzidis · 2020

Diana E Yung,1 John N Plevris,1 Romain Leenhardt,2 Xavier Dray,2 Anastasios Koulaouzidis1 On behalf of the ESGE Small Bowel Research Working Group1Centre for Liver and Digestive Disorders, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; 2…

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