ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy2016
Confocal endomicroscopy: Is it time to move on?
Article in World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy: Real-Time Histology at the Fingertips: A Comprehensive Review of Current Applications of Endomicroscopy in Barrett Esophagus, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Colorectal Lesions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Host-directed therapeutics against antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections: emerging roles of multi-omics and systems biology.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
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- The Use of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Diagnosing Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Developing Novel Host-Based Therapies Targeting Microbicidal Responses in Macrophages and Neutrophils to Combat Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions by Virtual Slicing: Comparison of Diagnostic Potential of Needle-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy versus Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration.Journal of pathology informatics · 2019Article
- Diagnosis of Superficial Gastric Lesions Together with Six Gastric Lymphoma Cases via Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy: A Retrospective Observational Study.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2018Article
- Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis and Management: Has the Time Come to Prick the Bubble?Frontiers in endocrinology · 2018Review
- Imaging in pancreatic disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2017Review
- Maximizing the endosonography: The role of contrast harmonics, elastography and confocal endomicroscopy.World journal of gastroenterology · 2017Review
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Abstract
Confocal laser endomicroscopy permits in-vivo microscopy evaluation during endoscopy procedures. It can be used in all the parts of the gastrointestinal tract and includes: Esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, biliary tract through and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and pancreas through needles during endoscopic ultrasound procedures. Many researches demonstrated a high correlation of results between confocal laser endomicroscopy and histopathology in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal lesions; with accuracy in about 86% to 96%. Moreover, in spite that histopathology remains the gold-standard technique for final diagnosis of any diseases; a considerable number of misdiagnosis rate could be present due to many factors such as interpretation mistakes, biopsy site inaccuracy, or number of biopsies. Theoretically; with the diagnostic accuracy rates of confocal laser endomicroscopy could help in a daily practice to improve diagnosis and treatment management of the patients. However, it is still not routinely used in the clinical practice due to many factors such as cost of the procedure, lack of codification and reimbursement in some countries, absence of standard of care indications, availability, physician image-interpretation training, medico-legal problems, and the role of the pathologist. These limitations are relative, and solutions could be found based on new researches focused to solve these barriers.
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