Examples of such causes include angiodysplasia or angioectasia, small bowel Crohn's disease and small bowel malignancy. Intraoperative endoscopy ... which may lead to capsule retention.

Examination beyond the duodenojejunal flexure is of importance in a number of small bowel disorders. Before the advent of enteroscopy or capsule endoscopy, radiographic studies had been the main ...

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.

Since the impression was that the source of bleeding was from the small intestine the patient was thus scheduled to have video capsule endoscopy (VCE) after ensuring that there was no retention of the ...

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 ...

This innovation allows us to temporarily attach a small capsule to the wall of your lower esophagus during your upper endoscopy. The capsule measures the pH levels in your esophagus and transmits this ...

Introduction Analysis of small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) is time consuming. QuickView (QV) has been added to the RAPID ® software to reduce reading times. Its validity though has been questioned.

A capsule fitted with sensors providing an alternative to an endoscopy has been developed to track invisible problems within the intestines. The swallowable capsule measures 3cm long and 1cm wide, ...

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 ...