Publications by authors named "A Terano"
Article Synopsis
- - The study evaluated the effectiveness of the PillCam patency capsule (PPC) in assessing whether patients could safely undergo small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) without risking retention due to stenosis.
- - Out of 1,096 enrolled patients, 89.1% confirmed GI patency, with a very low SBCE retention rate of only 0.51% in those who had confirmed patency.
- - Key factors linked to non-confirmation of patency included established Crohn's disease, imaging-detected stenosis, and certain clinical indicators like low serum albumin, highlighting the importance of accurate diagnosis for successful outcomes.
Background: Training for colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) procedures is currently performed as a lecture and hands-on seminar. The aims of this pilot study were to assess the utility of an electronic learning system for CCE (ELCCE) designed for the Japanese Association for Capsule Endoscopy using an objective scoring engine, and to evaluate the efficacy of ELCCE on the acquisition of CCE reading competence.
Methods: ELCCE is an Internet-based learning system with the following steps: step 1, introduction; step 2, CCE reading competence assessment test (CCAT), which evaluates the competence of CCE reading prior to training; step 3, learning reading theory; step 4, training with guidance; step 5, training without guidance; step 6, final assessment; and step 7, the same as step 2.
Special issue: the 15th Taishotoyama International Symposium on Gastroenterology (2). Preface.
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
March 2015
Background: The relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer has been demonstrated, and the risk of gastric cancer occurrence is known to increase with the progression of atrophic changes associated with chronic gastritis. Endoscopic evaluation of the degree and extent of atrophy of the gastric mucosa is a simple and very important means of identifying a group at high risk for gastric cancer. This study aimed to clarify the carcinogenic risk in relation to the degree of atrophy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the usefulness of a novel high-resolution magnifying videoendoscope called the XG-0001 (Fujifilm, Tokyo, Japan) that is capable of PDD and PDT in experimental and clinical situations.
Materials And Methods: The fluorescences of three photosensitizers (i.e.