| Theme | The Latest Frontier of Endoscopy | |
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| Title | Wireless Capsule Endoscopy | |
| Publish Date | 2006/01 | |
| Author | Yasumasa Niwa | Department of Therapeutic Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author | Masanao Nakamura | Department of Therapeutic Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author | Naoki Omiya | Department of Therapeutic Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine |
| Author | Hidemi Goto | Department of Therapeutic Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine |
| [ Summary ] | Wireless capsule endoscopy (CE) is a new, painless method of imaging the entire small bowel and has been used extensively around the world. CE has been reported many times to be superior to conventional endoscopy of the small bowel and was approved for clinical use in Europe and the United States in 2001. CE is said to be suitable for the first diagnosis of small bowel disease. With CE, many obscure digestive bleeding puzzles have been solved. Polyps and tumors that had not been detected before were demonstrated, and early lesions related to Crohn's disease was discovered. In recent years CE for esophageal examination has been used clinically and is reported to be a convenient and sensitive method for visualization of esophageal mucosal pathology, providing an effective method to evaluate patients for esophageal disease. After the soon expected approval of CE in Japan, it is thought there will be a great deal of use and development for diagnosis of small bowel diseases. It is expected that CE use will be accepted in Japan and come into wide use quickly. |
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