A meta-analysis of 10 studies showed that chronic opioid use and diabetes were key patient-level factors that undermined the performance of colon capsule endoscopy (CCE). Chronic opioid use was ...

Evaluation of the small bowel has always been difficult because of its length and multiple loops. Bleeding from the small bowel is often the diagnosis that is made after excluding other ...

Mannitol Plus Simethicone Provides Improved Bowel Prep Before Capsule Endoscopy Research findings suggest split-dose oral mannitol plus single-dose simethicone provides better small bowel preparation ...

While ingestible video capsule endoscopes have been around for many years, the capsules have been limited by the fact that they could not be controlled by physicians. They moved passively, driven only ...

Capsule endoscopy options in the gastroenterology field have grown, though colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. How do these two different screening methods compare?