Open AccessHow helpful is capsule endoscopy to surgeons?
Author(s) -
Osman Ersoy,
Bülent Sıvrı,
Yusuf Bayraktar
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v13.i27.3671
Subject(s) - capsule endoscopy , medicine , endoscopy , obscure gastrointestinal bleeding , capsule , radiology , surgery , general surgery , gastroenterology , botany , biology
Capsule endoscopy is a new technology that, for the first time, allows complete, non-invasive endoscopic imaging of the small bowel. The efficacy of capsule endoscopy in the diagnosis of suspected small bowel diseases has been established. Important applications for surgeons include observations of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and small bowel neoplasms.