This new diagnostic consensus guideline is a joint project of the European Crohn's and
Colitis Organisation [ECCO] and the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal …

The gastrointestinal (GI) tract offers the opportunity to detect physiological and
pathophysiological signals from the human body. Ingestible electronics can gain close …

The management of patients with IBD requires evaluation with objective tools, both at the
time of diagnosis and throughout the course of the disease, to determine the location …

Crohn's disease is a lifelong disease arising from an interaction between genetic and
environmental factors, but observed predominantly in developed countries of the world. The …

BACKGROUND: Capsule endoscopy (CE) has been widely used in clinical practice.
OBJECTIVE: To provide systematically pooled results on the indications and detection …

Background Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) and ultrasound are used to image
Crohn's disease, but their comparative accuracy for assessing disease extent and activity is …

Fistulating Crohn's disease (CD) comprises fistulae arising in the perianal area, together
with those communicating between the intestine and other organs or the abdominal wall …

Guidelines for clinical practice are intended to suggest preferable approaches to particular
medical problems as established by interpretation and collation of scientifically valid …

Purpose: To compare, by performing a meta-analysis, the accuracies of ultrasonography
(US), magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, scintigraphy, computed tomography (CT), and …

Background Objective control of intestinal inflammation during inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) is becoming the main driver for medical treatment. However, the monitoring tools …