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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A shorter time lapse between ingestion of last laxative dose and small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) was associated with better visualization of the mucosa, according to a systematic review and ...

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 ...

When Are Endoscopies Preferred To Capsule Endoscopies? Gastroenterologists routinely perform an endoscopy or colonoscopy to visualize the digestive tract, including the small intestine, and the large ...

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 ...