Advances in Small Bowel Disorders: From Basic Research to Technical Developments
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Translational Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 273
Special Issue Editors
2. Unit of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Interests: inflammatory bowel disease; endoscopy
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Interests: endotherapy; small bowel diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The small bowel is essential for the breakdown and absorption of nutrients, gut microbiome regulation, and immune system modulation, playing a key role in health and disease. Notwithstanding, this organ is often overlooked as it poses significant challenges for clinicians in terms of accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. The developments in diagnostic technologies, such as capsule endoscopy and device-assisted enteroscopy, have greatly improved our ability to diagnose and manage small bowel diseases. Additionally, a multidisciplinary approach with straight collaboration between gastroenterologists, pathologists, radiologists, and surgeons is key to successfully managing small bowel disorders.
The forthcoming Special Issue focuses on several elements that are essential for understanding small bowel disorders. The invited topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Small bowel capsule endoscopy;
- Device-assisted enteroscopy;
- Artificial intelligence;
- Computer-aided diagnosis;
- Suspected small bowel bleeding;
- Physiopathology of small bowel diseases (immunology, inflammation, gut microbiome, infections, and ischemia);
- Small bowel malignancies.
Dr. Maria Manuela Estevinho
Dr. Rolando Pinho
Guest Editors
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