This Month in Gastroenterology

Distribution of the patients and predictive positive value of having a disabling Crohn’s disease course in the 5-year after diagnosis according to the value of the disabling Crohn’s disease predictive score.

Average number of bowel movements per week accompanied by straining in laxative-treated patients (gray bars) and biofeedback-treated patients (black bars). T-bars indicate standard errors; asterisk indicates significant difference (P < .01) between groups at 6 months or 12 months; and # indicates a significant (P < .01) change from pretreatment within the biofeedback group.

Work-station with disposable Aer-O-Scope (TM). A PC-based workstation with integrated interface for electronic medical record is operated via a control box at the patient side. The operator can choose various operation modes of advancement much as with a VCR viz forward, backwards, pause, and stop. The motion is generated via an algorithm derived pressure gradients across the balloon. The pressure in front of, inside, and behind the balloon is measured by pressure sensors and is automatically adjusted by a computerized algorithm. The high-resolution data from the digital camera within the capsule are received, processed, and displayed on the PC screen, as well as digitally recorded on a CD.

Cumulative incidence of liver cirrhosis (N = 3582). P value for log-rank test, < .001.