Endoscopy and implantable electronic devices

G D Corbett; P C Buttery; P J Pugh; E A B Cameron

doi:10.1136/flgastro-2011-100010

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Frontline Gastroenterol

2012;3:72-75 doi:10.1136/flgastro-2011-100010

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Endoscopy and implantable electronic devices

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
²Department of Neurology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
³Department of Cardiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK

Correspondence to Dr Ewen Cameron, Department of Gastroenterology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Box 293, Endoscopy Unit, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; ewen.cameron{at}addenbrookes.nhs.uk

Contributors GDC and EABC conceived, designed and drafted the article. PCB and PJB revised the article. All authors approved the final version.

Received 25 April 2011
Accepted 10 January 2012
Published Online First 5 February 2012

Abstract

The increasing use of implantable electronic devices such as cardiac pacemakers and neurostimulators means that they are being increasingly encountered in endoscopy departments. The electromagnetic fields generated during electrosurgery and with magnetic imaging systems have the potential to interfere with such devices. The authors present a case that highlights some of the steps necessary for minimising risk, review the evidence and summarise the currently available guidance.