Gastrointestinal endoscopies may soon get a big boost if an experimental device is approved. In a study of 132 patients in Europe, a motorized spiral enteroscope that is being developed by Olympus Medical was inserted to a mean maximum depth of 425 cm beyond the ligament of Treitz within an average of 28 minutes. In addition to a possibly shorter procedure time than conventional enteroscopy, it had a diagnostic yield of over 75% in the study participants with suspected small bowel
JULY 8, 2019