Confocal laser endomicroscopy is diagnostic technique that allows microscopic examination of the digestive mucosa during ongoing endoscopy. Different types of tissue and diseases can be diagnosed immediately, and analysis of the in vivo microarchitecture is helpful to better target standard biopsies. Different publications have shown the safety, feasibility and excellent diagnostic yield.
But this method is used only in more specialized centers in the world and has not yet been accepted as a routine method in the fact that it is "time consuming procedure" and that the equipment requires significant material resources
Please your knowledge and views on the present moment and the future of this method in gastroenterological endoscopy?
Does anyone have experience in dilatation of esophageal strictures and rings in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis with TTS baloons. What are your views on the prior use of glucocorticoids (before dilation / how long / doses ect)
Whether patients with eosinophilic esophagitis are at higher risk of perforation due to esophageal dilation than other patients undergoing dilation is not clear. Older studies suggested that patients with eosinophilic esophagitis are at increased risk for perforation, with perforation rates of 5 to 7 percent
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