What is the effective clinical use of small bowel capsule endoscopy in real life?

Akyuz F., Cavus B., Akyuz U.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, cilt.31, sa.9, ss.609-613, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/tjg.2020.19432
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.609-613
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a noninvasive and easy method for evaluating the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Since the wireless CE system was first developed, many new technical improvements have been made in order to gain maximum benefit from thisprocedure. However, at this stage, it remains a diagnostic modality, the main indication for its use being obscure GI bleeding. CE is only contraindicated in symptomatic intestinal obstruction. New indications for use and therapeutic options may become possible with the further development of nanotechnologies.