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Alain Suissa
Researcher at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Publications - 42
Citations - 1810
Alain Suissa is an academic researcher from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Colonoscopy & Capsule endoscopy. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 40 publications receiving 1692 citations. Previous affiliations of Alain Suissa include Rambam Health Care Campus.
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Wireless capsule video endoscopy is a superior diagnostic tool in comparison to barium follow-through and computerized tomography in patients with suspected Crohn's disease.
TL;DR: CVE is a superior and more sensitive procedure than barium follow-through and entero-CT in establishing the diagnosis and estimating the extent of Crohn's disease.
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Standard forward-viewing colonoscopy versus full-spectrum endoscopy: an international, multicentre, randomised, tandem colonoscopy trial
Ian M. Gralnek,Ian M. Gralnek,Peter D. Siersema,Zamir Halpern,Ori Segol,Alaa Melhem,Alain Suissa,Erwin Santo,Alan Sloyer,Jay Fenster,Leon M G Moons,Vincent K. Dik,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Douglas K. Rex +13 more
TL;DR: An international, multicentre, randomised trial to compare the adenoma miss rates of full-spectrum endoscopy colonoscopy with those of standard forward-viewing Colonoscopy.
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Failure of Synbiotic 2000 to Prevent Postoperative Recurrence of Crohn’s Disease
Irit Chermesh,Ada Tamir,Ron Reshef,Yehuda Chowers,Alain Suissa,Dalia Katz,Moshe Gelber,Zamir Halpern,Stig Bengmark,Rami Eliakim +9 more
TL;DR: In this small study, Synbiotic 2000 had no effect on postoperative recurrence of patients with CD, and larger studies in patients with the inflammatory type of CD undergoing surgery, using higher doses of probiotics cocktail might prove effective.
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Wireless capsule video endoscopy compared to barium follow-through and computerised tomography in patients with suspected Crohn's disease--final report.
TL;DR: Capsule endoscopy is a superior and more sensitive diagnostic tool than barium follow-through and entero-computerised tomography in patients with suspected Crohn's disease.
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A novel diagnostic tool for detecting oesophageal pathology: the PillCam oesophageal video capsule
TL;DR: A new ingestible PillCam oesophageal capsule developed may offer an alternative office‐based approach to visualize the oesphagus without sedation, and appear to offer an alternatives to the costs associated with endoscopy and risks of sedation.