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Camera Pill Helps Local Doctor Detect Diseases of the Small Bowel
Rami Saydjari Uses Capsule Endoscopy to Visualize Entire Small Intestine in Patients
Dr. Rami Saydjari, Surgeon at Athens Medical Specialists, a division of Athens Medical Group has recently started using capsule endoscopy, an innovative non-invasive procedure, to diagnose and treat patients with gastrointestinal disorders of the small intestine such as Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, gastro-intestinal bleeding, inflammatory bowel disease, small bowel tumors and NSAID related injuries.
With a miniature camera on one end, the PillCam® SB video capsule enables physicians to visualize for the first time the entire length of the 21-foot-long small intestine. This procedure is a non-invasive diagnostic alternative to traditional endoscopy, the most common procedure used to examine the small bowel. Over 170,000 people around the world have undergone this PillCam Capsule Endoscopy procedure, the gold standard for small bowel diagnostic care.
“The PillCam® SB video capsule has allowed us to more accurately detect and diagnose small bowel disorders in our patients,” said Dr. Rami Saydjari, Surgeon at Athens Medical Specialists. “We are pleased that we can now offer a non-invasive diagnostic alternative to traditional endoscopy for patients experiencing persistent abdominal symptoms.”
In the PillCam® Capsule Endoscopy procedure, a patient will fast for ten hours before taking the PillCam SB with a glass of water. The capsule glides down the GI track taking approximately 50,000 images of the small bowel. These images are transmitted to and then stored on a recorder belt worn by the patient for an eight hour period. Upon completion, the physician views the images using the Given Imaging workstation and RAPID® software to make a diagnosis.
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