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Wireless capsule endoscopy for the diagnosis of obscure small-bowel disorders in children

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Guilhon de Araujo Sant'Anna AM et al. (2005) Wireless capsule endoscopy for obscure small-bowel disorders: final results of the first pediatric controlled trial. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 3: 264–270

The diagnosis of small-bowel disorders is notoriously challenging, owing to the limitations of conventional imaging techniques. Conventional endoscopy is limited by the length of the small bowel, and radiologic techniques are insensitive for the detection of many types of lesion.

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WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY

Endoscopy performed using a disposable capsule that is self-illuminating and contains a camera that can transmit images via wireless radiotransmission to an external recording device

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Wireless capsule endoscopy for the diagnosis of obscure small-bowel disorders in children. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2, 204–205 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0165

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