Just to clarify, the endoscopy and biopsy are really the same diagnostic tool. No physician looking for celiac disease would undertake the invasive endoscopy procedure without also taking biopsy samples, even if they take too few samples, as this study suggests. Biopsies are taken during the endoscopy procedure.
That being said, it is shameful that some physicians are not taking the recommended 4-6 biopsies while the patient is already sedated and they are already performing the endoscopy/biopsy procedure. Hopefully, the release of this study will educate them on the very real need to take 4-6 biopsies in order to more accurately diagnose celiac disease.
~jules shepard
JulesGlutenFree.com
Comment Reply
Just to clarify, the endoscopy and biopsy are really the same diagnostic tool. No physician looking for celiac disease would undertake the invasive endoscopy procedure without also taking biopsy samples, even if they take too few samples, as this study suggests. Biopsies are taken during the endoscopy procedure.
July 28, 2011 - 7:44amThat being said, it is shameful that some physicians are not taking the recommended 4-6 biopsies while the patient is already sedated and they are already performing the endoscopy/biopsy procedure. Hopefully, the release of this study will educate them on the very real need to take 4-6 biopsies in order to more accurately diagnose celiac disease.
~jules shepard
JulesGlutenFree.com
This Comment
Reply