Publications by authors named "Marty Meyer"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess how defecation postural modification devices (DPMDs) affect normal bowel patterns in individuals.
- Researchers conducted a crossover study with 52 participants over four weeks, monitoring bowel movements first without and then with the use of DPMDs.
- Results showed that using DPMDs led to more complete bowel emptying, reduced straining, and shorter bowel movement duration compared to not using the devices.
Background And Study Aim: Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is limited by reliance on bowel motility for propulsion, and lack of physical activity has been proposed as a cause of incomplete studies. Our aim was to prospectively investigate the association between physical activity and VCE bowel transit.
Patients And Methods: Ambulatory outpatients receiving VCE were eligible for the study.
Background And Study Aims: Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is limited by incomplete procedures. There are also contraindications to the standard ingestion of the capsule that require endoscopic placement. Our aim was to compare the study completion rate of VCE after oral ingestion and endoscopic deployment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective. Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is commonly used to directly visualize the small bowel. Opioids have variably been linked with incomplete studies and prolonged transit times in heterogeneous cohorts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: Implantable cardiac devices are a relative contraindication to video capsule endoscopy (VCE) because of concerns regarding interference. As a result of a lack of alternatives, some centers have adopted protocols to allow for VCE in these patients. There are minimal published descriptions of the gastrointestinal outcomes of these procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To investigate our clinical experience with the colonic manifestations of phosphatase and tensin homolog on chromosome ten (PTEN) hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS) and to perform a systematic literature review regarding the same.
Methods: This study was approved by the appropriate institutional review board prior to initiation. A clinical genetics database was searched for patients with PHTS or a component syndrome that received gastrointestinal endoscopy or pathology interpretation at our center.
Goals: To investigate the outcomes of video capsule endoscopy (VCE) performed on patients after bariatric and gastric surgery with a focus on delivery method (oral ingestion or endoscopic placement).
Background: There is minimal published data regarding the use of VCE in patients after bariatric and gastric surgery and the optimal delivery method is unknown.
Methods: Retrospective case series of patients with bariatric or gastric surgery undergoing VCE in a tertiary care center over 3 years.
The optimal diagnostic approach and yield for gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) in patients with ventricular assist devices (VAD) are unknown. We explored the etiology of bleeding and yield of upper and lower endoscopy, balloon-assisted enteroscopy, and video capsule endoscopy in the evaluation of GIB in patients with VADs. Methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Radiomicrosphere therapy (RT) utilizing yttrium-90 (90Y) microspheres has been shown to be an effective regional treatment for primary and secondary hepatic malignancies. We sought to determine a large academic institution's experience regarding the extent and frequency of gastrointestinal complications.
Methods: Between 2004 and 2007, 27 patients underwent RT for primary or secondary hepatic malignancies.
Iatrogenic esophageal foreign body after motor vehicle accident.
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y)
April 2008