Nagoya University · Medicine
Professor Masanao Nakamura's research lab specializes in advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy, focusing on the diagnosis and management of small-bowel disorders. The lab pioneers innovative capsule endoscopy and double-balloon endoscopy techniques to improve early detection and therapeutic intervention in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. A key research direction involves evaluating gastrointestinal tract patency using tag-less wireless capsule endoscopy, particularly in patients with suspected stenosis. The lab also emphasizes clinical decision-making algorithms that optimize the use of endoscopic modalities based on imaging findings.
Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.
In many suspected small-bowel bleeding cases, CE should be selected for the initial diagnosis and DBE for treatment or histopathological diagnosis after detection of the bleeding site on CE.
Use of the tag-less PC confirmed gastrointestinal tract patency for most of the patients who did not have stenosis on imaging and allowed estimation of the patency for patients who did have stenosis on imaging.
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