Prospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Mar 16, 2025; 17(3): 97016
Published online Mar 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i3.97016
Non-invasive monitoring of inflammatory bowel disease using intestinal ultrasound
Hakima Abid, Hajar Cherkaoui, Fatima Benahsine, Asmae Lamine, Maria Lahlali, Ismail Chaouche, Fatima Bartal, Nada Lahmidani, Amine Elmekkaoui, Dafr Allah Benajah, Mohammed Abkari, Sidi Adil Ibrahimi, Karima Elghazi, Mustapha Maaroufi, Mounia Elyousfi
Hakima Abid, Hajar Cherkaoui, Fatima Benahsine, Asmae Lamine, Maria Lahlali, Ismail Chaouche, Fatima Bartal, Nada Lahmidani, Amine Elmekkaoui, Dafr Allah Benajah, Mohammed Abkari, Sidi Adil Ibrahimi, Karima Elghazi, Mustapha Maaroufi, Mounia Elyousfi, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dental Medicine of Fez, University of Sidi Mohammed Benabdellah, Laboratory of Human Pathology, Biomedicine and Environment of The Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dental Medicine of Fez, Fez 30000, Morocco
Hakima Abid, Hajar Cherkaoui, Fatima Benahsine, Asmae Lamine, Maria Lahlali, Nada Lahmidani, Amine Elmekkaoui, Dafr Allah Benajah, Mohammed Abkari, Sidi Adil Ibrahimi, Mounia Elyousfi, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez 30000, Morocco
Ismail Chaouche, Mustapha Maaroufi, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez 30000, Morocco
Fatima Bartal, Karima Elghazi, Department of Epidemiology, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez 30000, Morocco
Co-first authors: Hakima Abid and Hajar Cherkaoui.
Author contributions: Abid H performed intestinal ultrasound; Cherkaoui H designed the study and wrote the manuscript; Cherkaoui H, Benahsine F, Lamine A, Lahlali M, Lahmidani N, Elmekkaoui A, Benajah DA, Abkari M, Ibrahimi SA, and Elyousfi M contributed to patient outreach; Benahsine F helped with study design; Abid H and Elyousfi M contributed to the manuscript correction; Chaouche I and Maaroufi M provided radiological images; Bartal F and Elghazi K participated in the statistical analysis.
Institutional review board statement: The local ethics committee of the Fez University Hospital has given its consent to conduct this study.
Clinical trial registration statement: The study was registered at the Ethics Department in the University Hospital Hassan II as a prospective non interventional study.
Informed consent statement: All patients presented their informed consent before conducting this study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
CONSORT 2010 statement: The authors have read the CONSORT 2010 Statement, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CONSORT 2010 Statement.
Data sharing statement: We agree to sharing the data gathered from this study.
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Corresponding author: Hajar Cherkaoui, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Hassan II, 3 Sidi Hrazem Street, Fes 30000, Morocco. hajar.cherkaouitangi@gmail.com
Received: May 20, 2024
Revised: August 26, 2024
Accepted: December 2, 2024
Published online: March 16, 2025
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Core Tip

Core Tip: This is the first single-blind prospective study conducted to compare the results of ultrasound and colonoscopy. Our goal is to present an objective comparison between intestinal ultrasound (IUS) and colonoscopy. All the patients with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis) were contacted by the same investigator (Dr. Hajar Cherkaoui) in a delay of 10 days of colonoscopies. The operator (Dr. Hakima Abid) did not know the results of colonoscopies while performing the IUS. This ensured objective, unbiased evaluation of IUS in the diagnosis and follow-up of inflammatory bowel disease patients.