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 ...

Examination beyond the duodenojejunal flexure is of importance in a number of small bowel disorders. Before the advent of enteroscopy or capsule endoscopy, radiographic studies had been the main ...

Diagnosis and management of small bowel pathology has entered a new era with the advent of capsule endoscopy (CE) and enteroscopy. We have been providing a comprehensive small bowel endoscopy service ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like ...

Since the impression was that the source of bleeding was from the small intestine the patient was thus scheduled to have video capsule endoscopy (VCE) after ensuring that there was no retention of the ...

Capsule endoscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic tool that allows for the visualization of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, particularly the small intestine. It has become increasingly important in ...

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

A 78-year-old man attended for outpatient capsule endoscopy, to investigate a recent history of unexplained small bowel bleeding. His previous medical history included an abdominal aortic aneurysm ...

Laparoscopy for bowel resection usually involves 3 to 6 very small incisions instead of one large one. Recovery time is faster. Content You and your doctor will think about several things in deciding ...

small bowel Crohn's disease and small bowel malignancy. Intraoperative endoscopy can also be used as a method for diagnosis if VCE fails, or as a therapeutic procedure for the findings of VCE.