While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They moved passively, driven only ...

While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They moved passively, driven only ...

While physicians debate proper bowel preparation for small-bowel video capsule endoscopy, a study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy says bowel preparation has no benefits for such a procedure.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Active preparation with either polyethylene glycol or picosulfate and magnesium sulfate was not superior to a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Gastric transit time was significantly longer in the GLP-1RA group vs. the control group (99.3 minutes vs. 25.3 ...

The introduction of white light imaging capsule endoscopy has motivated research to improve its diagnostic capabilities through integration with other sensing modalities. In this Review, the authors ...

In 1981 an Israeli physician, Dr Gavriel Iddan, began the development of a video camera that would fit inside a pill, however, the technology at the time was not ready for this. It was 20 years later, ...

A traditional endoscopy uses a long, thin, flexible tube with a video camera at the end that is passed through the mouth into the upper gastrointestinal tract. The procedure is used to investigate the ...

Periampullary and duodenal cancer are major causes of morbidity in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP); capsule endoscopy (CE) might be useful for the detection of small-bowel polyps in ...

After approximately 20 minutes, the PillCam ESO passes naturally through the GI tract. The physician reviews the video at a convenient time and place.One of the most common of all medical problems ...