Feasibility study of Tethered Capsule Endomicroscopy (TCE) deployment in the small intestine (Conference Presentation)

David O. Otuya; Yogesh Verma; Jing Dong; Michalina J. Gora; Guillermo J. Tearney M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.2253404

19 April 2017 Feasibility study of Tethered Capsule Endomicroscopy (TCE) deployment in the small intestine (Conference Presentation)

David O. Otuya, Yogesh Verma, Jing Dong, Michalina J. Gora, Guillermo J. Tearney M.D.

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Proceedings Volume 10040, Endoscopic Microscopy XII; 100400C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253404
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is a poorly understood disease of the small intestine that causes nutrient malabsorption in children, predominantly from low and middle income countries. The clinical importance of EED is neurological and growth stunting that remains as the child grows into adulthood. Tethered capsule endomicroscopy (TCE) has the potential to improve the understanding of EED and could be used to determine the effectiveness of EED interventions. TCE in the adult esophagus and the duodenum has been demonstrated for Barrett`s esophagus and celiac disease diagnosis, respectively. While adult subjects can independently swallow these capsules, it is likely that infants will not, and, as a result, new strategies for introducing these devices in young children aged 0.5-2 years need to be investigated. Our first approach will be to introduce the TCE devices in infants under the aid of endoscopic guidance. To determine the most effective method, we have tested endoscopic approaches for introducing TCE devices into the small intestine of living swine. These methods will be compared and contrasted to discuss the most effective means for endoscopic tethered capsule introduction into the small intestine.

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David O. Otuya, Yogesh Verma, Jing Dong, Michalina J. Gora, and Guillermo J. Tearney M.D. "Feasibility study of Tethered Capsule Endomicroscopy (TCE) deployment in the small intestine (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10040, Endoscopic Microscopy XII, 100400C (19 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253404

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