Publications by authors named "Stephan Baumeler"
With the Superb Micro-Vascular Imaging (SMI), the established Doppler technology has been extended by another mode. With this technique, microvascular structures with slow blood flow can now also be displayed in real time. As with the introduction of Doppler ultrasound, this new technique opens further diagnostic fields for the examiner, which were previously reserved for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) or contrast ultrasound (CEUS).
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- The study evaluates the effectiveness of the Controlled Attenuation Parameter (CAP) as a non-invasive tool for assessing liver steatosis in obese patients, with a focus on establishing diagnostic cutoffs and performance accuracy.
- An individual patient data meta-analysis included data from 16 studies, encompassing 2,346 patients with various liver diseases and varying body mass indices (BMIs).
- Results showed that the majority of patients had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and the XL probe was recommended for assessing them, highlighting the need for standardized diagnostic criteria.
Bouveret's syndrome is a rare complication resulting from gallstone disease. Both surgical and endoscopical procedures are performed, with the disease to be seen as strictly interdisciplinary. There are no well-established recommendations for this condition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Accurate diagnosis and staging of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are essential for the management of this disorder. Controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) has been suggested as a new noninvasive measurement made during transient elastography to assess liver steatosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate CAP as a diagnostic tool for identifying the presence and degree of hepatic steatosis in consecutive patients in an outpatient liver unit of a tertiary centre.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Endoscopic full thickness resection (EFTR) by the Full Thickness Resection Device (FTRD) has recently been introduced as a method to allow resection of certain lesions such as adenomatous polyps that would not be resectable by standard polypectomy techniques. We report our clinical experience with FTRD procedures, assessing technical success, completeness of resection (R0 status), rate of histologically proven FTR and safety.
Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 33 consecutive patients with colonic polyps treated with FTRD from May 2015 to November 2016.