Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is being increasingly used to investigate small bowel pathology. It is the gold standard for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia. VCE has ...

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If that fails to find the source of bleeding, a common next step is capsule endoscopy. X-ray options include a small bowel follow-through, or a computed tomographic scan (also known as a CT or CAT ...

Endoscopy procedures for the digestive system—upper endoscopy and colonoscopy—are similar in that they require preparation ...

This procedure lets them check the inside of your esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. In an upper GI endoscopy, healthcare providers pass an endoscope through your mouth to your esophagus and ...

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 ...

A team of researchers has unveiled a revolutionary ingestible bioimpedance sensing device capable of continuously and ...

Updated consensus recommendations by the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer (MSTFCRC) address optimizing ...

Geogy Vennikandam, MD, COO of Chicago-based GI Partners of Illinois, recently told Becker's that his organization has integrated several AI platforms across multiple touchpoints. Medtronic's GI Genius ...

Prior to the invention of VCE, other methods, such as radiological investigations or other modalities of endoscopy examining the small bowel were in use. One of the more important radiological ...