Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Endoscopy using a wireless capsule appeared feasible for the longitudinal monitoring of Crohn’s disease in the ...

Though generally reliable, current modalities used to diagnose and assess CD are imperfect. SBCE has been found to be a safe and effective alternative to endoscopy for both diagnosing and monitoring ...

Capsule endoscopy remains a powerful tool for small-bowel evaluation; studies comparing double-balloon enteroscopy with capsule endoscopy are needed to validate the findings of capsule endoscopy This ...

VCE is one of the evolving techniques for the investigation of the small intestine that may not be accessible to conventional endoscopy techniques, such as EGD and colonoscopies. In cases of obscure ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. - September 26, 2007 – Research from La Fe University Hospital in Valencia, Spain shows that capsule endoscopy diagnoses more Crohn’s disease recurrence after surgery than colonoscopy.

Ingestible smart capsules deliver medication directly to specific gut locations using microscopic needles and targeted drug ...

Results from a prospective trial comparing the effectiveness of wireless capsule endoscopy (CE) with that of barium contrast series suggest that CE is a highly accurate technique for small-bowel polyp ...

All patients underwent the examination without complications. None of them developed symptoms of intestinal obstruction during the examination and no one needed endoscopical or surgical removal of the ...

The main indication for this procedure is obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, which is defined as bleeding of unknown origin that persists or recurs after a negative initial endoscopy (colonoscopy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The diagnostic yields of video capsule endoscopy and double-balloon enteroscopy for indications without bleeding ...