Jay W. Marks, MD, is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Dr. Lee was born in Shanghai, China, and received his college and medical training in the United States. He is fluent in English and three Chinese dialects. He graduated with chemistry departmental honors from Harvey Mudd College. He was appointed president of AOA society at UCLA School of Medicine. He underwent internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship training at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.
For double balloon endoscopy, similar equipment is used,
but a second balloon is located on the tip of the endoscope. Both balloons - the
one on the overtube and the one on the endoscope - can be alternatively inflated
to anchor the overtube or the endoscope to assist with the passage of the
endoscope or overtube, respectively.
What to expect with balloon endoscopy
Balloon endoscopy, like other gastrointestinal endoscopy, requires intravenous
sedation. The procedures are long, often requiring 1-3 hours. The most
important complications of balloon endoscopy are perforation of the small intestine
or bleeding either due to insertion of the endoscope or use of therapeutic
instruments.
What is the future for balloon endoscopy?
Balloon endoscopy is revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of small
intestinal diseases. Nevertheless, its use is restricted because of the large
expenditure of time that is necessary to perform it. Either newer, faster
systems will need to be designed or, perhaps, paramedical personnel will be
needed to perform the insertions before balloon endoscopy is as commonly
performed as other types of endoscopy. For now, when there is concern about
disease in the small intestine, wireless capsule endoscopy often is performed
first. Then, if abnormalities are found, or if despite a normal capsule
endoscopy there still is a strong suspicion that there is disease in the small
intestine, balloon endoscopy is performed.
Abdominal pain is pain in the belly and can be acute or chronic. Causes include inflammation, distention of an organ, and loss of the blood supply to an organ. Abdominal pain can reflect a major problem with one of the organs in the abdomen such as the appendix, gallbladder, large and small intestine, pancreas, liver, colon, duodenum, and spleen.
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease,
primarily involving the small and large intestine, but which can
affect other parts of the digestive system as well. Abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and weight loss are
common symptoms.
Digestion is the complex process of turning food you eat into the energy you need to survive. The digestive process also involves creating waste to be eliminated, and is made of a series of muscles that coordinate the movement of food.
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