Feasibility of stomach exploration with a guided capsule endoscope

F. Rey, J.; Ogata, H.; Hosoe, Naoki; Ohtsuka, Kazuo; Ogata, Noriyuki; Ikeda, Keiichi; Aihara, Hiroyuki; Pangtay, I.; Hibi∥, Toshifumi; Kudo, S.; Tajiri, Hisao

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1255521

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Feasibility of stomach exploration with a guided capsule endoscope

Published in Endoscopy • Jun 30, 2010

Authors:

J. F. Rey

H. Ogata

Naoki Hosoe

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: Video capsule endoscopy has been established in diagnosis of small-bowel disease and has been evaluated for esophageal pathology and recently for colorectal diagnostics. Gastric capsule endoscopy has not hitherto been feasible due to the stomach's large surface area and vo...

Subject

Medicine

Capsule endoscopy

Endoscope

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