ID: 3522012 CONFOCAL LASER ENDOMICROSCOPY IN THE COLONIC MUCOSA OF PATIENTS WITH DIVERTICULAR DISEASE: INTERIM RESULTS

Abstract:

Methods an observational, prospective, single-center trial. Consecutive patients evaluated with colonoscopy for screening and diagnostic colonoscopy were invited to participate. Patients were evaluated with a high-definition colonoscopy and scored using the Diverticular Inflammation and Complication Assessment (DICA) score. The peri-diverticular and colonic mucosa were evaluated via pCLE for crypt fusion and distortion, bright epithelium, and dilated-prominent branching vessels. Complicated diverticular disease will be evaluated in a 24-month follow-up. Descriptive analysis was performed on R v3. 6.0. Results We included sixty-three patients for analysis. The median age was 64 years, 50, 8% were female. 47/63 (74.6%) of patients have at least one peridiverticular inflammation criteria on pCLE in comparison 16/63 (25.9%) in whom no inflammation was detected. The most common presenting symptom was …

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2021

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