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Usefulness of Capsule Endoscopy for Full Examination of the Colon in Patients with Large Bowel Cancer Treated Using Self-Expanding Metal Stents
| Pérez Roldán F* | |
| Francisco Pérez Roldán, Pedro González Carro, María Concepción Villafáñez García y Natividad Sánchez-Manjavacas Muñoz | |
| Corresponding Author : | Pérez Roldán F Gastroenterology Department Emergency Department Hospital General La Mancha-Centro Alcázar de San Juan, Spain E-mail: fperezroldan@gmail.com |
| Received October 29, 2011; Accepted December 16, 2011; Published December 18, 2011 | |
| Citation: Pérez Roldán F (2011) Usefulness of Capsule Endoscopy for Full Examination of the Colon in Patients with Large Bowel Cancer Treated Using Self-Expanding Metal Stents. S2:002. doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.S2-002 | |
| Copyright: © 2011 Pérez Roldán F. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Since the discovery of capsule endoscopy, have been introduced in different indications. It is used mainly to examine the small intestine. Newly Introduced Improvements include the technical design of specific capsules for the esophagus and colon. We must not forget that colon capsule preparation needed before the colon, like a colonoscopy. The most common indications are screening for colorectal cancer when colonoscopy is incomplete and when the patient refuses to undergo colonoscopy. This article aims to describe a possible indication of colon capsule endoscopy and the experience gained in our hospital. The indication would be in patients with stenosing left colon tumors treated using self-expanding metal stents. This technique would be an alternative to colonoscopy colon through the colon prostheses as a bridge to surgery. In our experience, we must be modified the colon preparation adding lactulose, and we waiting that the colon diameter at ends of the stent both is similar. We have obtained promising results with a diagnosed case of synchronous cancer, and we have not had any cases of impaction of the capsule.
