Wireless capsule endoscopy in the evaluation of the esophagus.

作者信息

O'Loughlin Colm, Barkin Jamie S

机构信息

Division of Gastroenterology, University of Miami School of Medicine and Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA.

出版信息

Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2004 Jun;6(3):210-2. doi: 10.1007/s11894-004-0009-2.

Wireless capsule endoscopy is an exciting and innovative technology that allows direct visualization of areas of the small bowel that were previously inaccessible to the "umbilicated" endoscope except during intraoperative enteroscopy. The wireless capsule endoscope permits noninvasive small bowel endoscopy in the ambulatory setting and has been proven to be a significant advance in the evaluation of patients with challenging small intestinal disease.