Transnasal Endoscopy in Unsedated Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis Using Virtual Reality Video Goggles

Evaluation and treatment of children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) requires serial endoscopic, visual, and histologic assessment by sedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Unsedated transnasal endoscopy (TNE) was reported to be successful in a pilot study of children. We evaluated video goggle and virtual reality-based unsedated TNE in children with EoE, collecting data on rates of completion, adverse events, and adequacy of visual and histologic findings.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - January 29, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Nathalie Nguyen, William J. Lavery, Kelley E. Capocelli, Clinton Smith, Emily M. DeBoer, Robin Deterding, Jeremy D. Prager, Kristina Leinwand, Greg E. Kobak, Robert E. Kramer, Calies Menard-Katcher, Glenn T. Furuta, Dan Atkins, David Fleischer, Matthew Gr Source Type: research