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This book provides a unique comparison between gastrointestinal ultrasound (GIUS) and endoscopy for the assessment of intestinal bowel disease (IBD).
GIUS is a valuable non-invasive tool in the management of IBD that has the potential to shift clinical practice paradigm. Currently underused in clinical practice, GIUS complements conventional endoscopy and cross-sectional imaging.One of the key challenges in facilitating the uptake of GIUS in the routine clinical practice has been the lack of an internationally recognized training curriculum. This edited atlas will be an invaluable source of information on the relevance of GIUS investigation in IBD patients, compared with endoscopy findings.
IBD being one of the cornerstone topics in gastroenterology, gastroenterologists, internists and radiologists need to acquire competence with GIUS as the technique of choice for the immediate and objective evaluation of the abdomen.
Sommario
1. Normal ultrasound of gastrointestinal tract.- 2. Ultrasound in Crohn s disease: Role of IUS in identifying Crohn s disease.- 3. Role of IUS in assessing disease activity and in the evaluating the response to treatment in Crohn s disease.- 4. Ultrasound in complicated Crohn s disease: Stenosis, Fistulae and abscesses.- 5. Ultrasound evaluation in Ulcerative Colitis: specific and differential characteristics from a Crohn s colitis:.- 6. Role of IUS in assessing disease activity and in the evaluating the response to treatment in Ulcerative Colitis.- 7. Role of IUS in the differential diagnosis with other colitis.- 8. Transperineal ultrasound.- 9. Ultrasound in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 10. Other ultrasonographic intestinal findings in pediatric patients.- 11. Serendipity encounters: unexpected findings in IBD patients.
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Dr. Fulvia Terracciano is Medical Doctor at the Division of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy of the Fondazione Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, in San Giovanni Rotondo, ITALY since 2004.
Specializes in diagnostic and interventional abdominal ultrasound with extensive experience in performing bowel examination. Member and teacher at the IBUS Group (International Bowel ultrasound), SIUMB (Italian Society of Medical and Biological Ultrasound), SIMEU (Italian Society of Emergency Medicine).
Speaker at many national and international ultrasound conferences. She co-authored many papers on abdominal and bowel ultrasonography.
Dr. Antonella Marra is Medical Doctor at the UOS of IBD Ospedale de Bellis, Castellana Grotte, since June 2022. She was previously at the Division of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy of the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Foundation in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.Dr. Marra has expertise in abdominal, intestinal and ultrasound-guided procedures, is member of the IBUS Group (International Bowel Ultrasound) and SIUMB (Italian Society ofMedical and Biological Ultrasound), as well as sub-investigator in clinical trials related to IBD. She was awarded together with Fulvia Terraccaino of the ECCO-IBUS grant for the comparison project of transperineal ultrasound and pelvis MRI in the follow-up of patients with Crohn's disease. Dr. Marra is furthermore teacher of several online training courses on ultrasound in the gastroenterological field.
Dr. Fabrizio Bossa is Medical Doctor at the Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Division of the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Foundation, in San Giovanni Rotondo, ITALY since 2005. He is an expert in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and abdominal, intestinal and ultrasound-guided procedures.He is also Member ofIG-IBD since 2004 (former member of the national steering committee from 2013 to 2016).
Dr. Bossa was furthermore Principal Investigator in several IBD clinical trials and is Professor of ultrasound at the Advanced Ultrasound School of SIUMB, San Giovanni Rotondo, as well as teacher of several face-to-face and online training courses on ultrasound in the gastroenterological field.
The intense scientific interest has resulted in 82 publications, most of which directly address the field of inflammatory bowel disease.
