The capsule endoscopy procedure involves swallowing a small tiny wireless camera containing a capsule, which is the size of a large vitamin pill. Images are taken as it passes the intestine and transmitted to a recording device.Capsule endoscopy has greatly facilitated the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases, but also their screening and monitoring. Capsule endoscopy has been shown to be very efficient in celiac disease, for example, small bowel tumors and other intestinal syndromes. Also, has been proven very useful for obscure intestinal bleeding.
In particular, capsule endoscopy is useful in the detection and monitoring of small intestine diseases, where other methods of diagnosis (such as enterography and balloon-assisted enteroscopy) may result in particularly invasive and complex, and not easily tolerated by the patients.
In this Research Topic, we aim to collect all the recent advances in capsule endoscopy techniques, with the aim to provide a platform where clinicians can share the recent discoveries in this innovative visualization technology.
The capsule endoscopy procedure involves swallowing a small tiny wireless camera containing a capsule, which is the size of a large vitamin pill. Images are taken as it passes the intestine and transmitted to a recording device.Capsule endoscopy has greatly facilitated the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases, but also their screening and monitoring. Capsule endoscopy has been shown to be very efficient in celiac disease, for example, small bowel tumors and other intestinal syndromes. Also, has been proven very useful for obscure intestinal bleeding.
In particular, capsule endoscopy is useful in the detection and monitoring of small intestine diseases, where other methods of diagnosis (such as enterography and balloon-assisted enteroscopy) may result in particularly invasive and complex, and not easily tolerated by the patients.
In this Research Topic, we aim to collect all the recent advances in capsule endoscopy techniques, with the aim to provide a platform where clinicians can share the recent discoveries in this innovative visualization technology.
