Although double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is useful for the diagnosis and management of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, the technique is fairly invasive, has several limitations, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The diagnostic yields of video capsule endoscopy and double-balloon enteroscopy for indications without bleeding ...

The first set of comprehensive quality indicators have been issued for capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy by a joint task force of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society ...

SEATTLE (October 21, 2002)--The use of a small wireless capsule video device to detect bleeding in the small intestine is safe, well-tolerated, and more accurate than another common diagnostic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . While both tests “have an important positive impact on the diagnosis and management of small-bowel diseases,” ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – November 24, 2008 – A cost-effectiveness analysis conducted by researchers at Stanford University Hospital in Calif., shows that an initial double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is a cost ...

Spiral enteroscopy, which has been used to evaluate abnormal results following capsule endoscopy, may be only moderately effective in its ability to locate pathology within the small bowel, according ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new device -- video capsule enteroscopy (VCE) -- accurately detects intestinal atrophy in patients suspected to have celiac disease, according to a report in the American ...

In an article published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Jonathan A. Leighton, MD, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic, details the latest enteroscopic modalities that currently aid ...

Capsule Endoscopy lets your doctor examine the lining of the middle part of your gastrointestinal tract, which includes the three portions of the small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum). Your ...