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Capsule endoscopy: advantages and limitations

Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2011

Abstract

Capsule endoscopy is first choice method of small bowel investigation today. The main advantage is non-invasivity.

The main risk of the procedure is capsule retention - especially in some groups of patients (Crohn's disease, NSAID therapy, irradiation or ileus in history).