Capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy

Endoscopy. 2014 Sep;46(9):787-90. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1377448. Epub 2014 Aug 18.

Abstract

During the 2014 Digestive Disease Week in Chicago, many high-quality studies on small-bowel endoscopy were presented. The most relevant abstracts from around the world of two complementary procedures - capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy - which have seen rapid changes in recent years, have been selected for this review.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Capsule Endoscopy* / adverse effects
  • Crohn Disease / pathology*
  • Double-Balloon Enteroscopy* / adverse effects
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans