Capsule endoscopy has revolutionized the investigation of small-bowel disease and seems to be superior to scintigraphy and conventional procedures for small-bowel evaluation. Nevertheless ...

Their results are similar and show that capsule endoscopy has good performance ... with the aim of avoiding endoscopy in those at low risk of having varices. These studies have assessed the ...

Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is a procedure for inspecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract that is principally used for areas that cannot be visualized by esophago–gastroduodenoscopy and ...

[34] Another complication of the VCE procedure occurs ... [5] In these cases, the capsule can be introduced into the stomach via conventional upper endoscopy. In patients with swallowing disorders ...

Furthermore, only 11.4% of biopsies show malignancy, meaning that nearly 88.6% of sampled tissues were healthy, posing unnecessary procedural risks ... ultrathin endoscopy, and capsule endoscopy ...