Even though methods like endoscopy can offer a look at the gut ... What if an ingestible wireless capsule did the job? That’s exactly what experts at the University of Maryland have developed.

This is the first prospective study in which CT enteroclysis was compared with wireless capsule endoscopy. Fifty-six consecutive Crohn disease (CD) patients underwent upper endoscopy, ileal ...

Adarsh Sandhu spoke to Olympus Medical Systems about their latest developments in endoscopy ... a wireless antenna. The biggest advantage is that it is painless. Patients swallow the capsule ...

A small bowel capsule endoscopy can examine the part of the bowel that other tests such as endoscopy or colonoscopy might not always reach. You might have a capsule endoscopy if you have symptoms of ...

Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is being increasingly used to investigate small bowel pathology. It is the gold standard for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia. VCE has ...

Researchers initially had very high expectations about wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE). It was thought the small capsules could replace traditional colonoscopy and gastroscopy, which some people ...

Guided capsule endoscopy could pave the way for the future of endoscopic examination of the stomach, according to the findings of a feasibility study by Jean-Francois Rey and colleagues.