Nam Ji Hyung, Lee Kwang Hoon, Lim Yun Jeong
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Korea.
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Korea.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Jul 29;11(8):1367. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11081367.
Capsule endoscopy (CE) is the only non-invasive diagnostic tool that enables the direct visualization of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Even though CE was initially developed for small-bowel investigation, its clinical application is expanding, and technological advances continue. The final iteration of CE will be a mouth to anus (M2A) capsule that investigates the entire GI tract by the ingestion of a single capsule. This narrative review describes the current developmental status of CE and discusses the possibility of realizing an M2A capsule and what needs to be overcome in the future.
胶囊内镜(CE)是唯一能够直接观察胃肠道(GI)的非侵入性诊断工具。尽管CE最初是为小肠检查而开发的,但其临床应用正在不断扩展,技术也在持续进步。CE的最终形态将是一种口至肛门(M2A)胶囊,通过吞服一颗胶囊就能对整个胃肠道进行检查。这篇叙述性综述描述了CE的当前发展状况,并探讨了实现M2A胶囊的可能性以及未来需要克服的问题。