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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Capsule endoscopy has revolutionized the investigation of small-bowel disease and seems to be superior to scintigraphy and conventional procedures for small-bowel evaluation. Nevertheless ...