The diagnosis of clinical complications associated with the esophagus, small bowel, and colon is quite tedious for the physicians. The conventional endoscopy technique is somewhat limited to the large intestine and upper GI tract. However, a decade old invention of capsule endoscopy has emerged as a breakthrough in the diagnosis of the diseases associated with the small intestine. This is a short overview of potential applications of capsule endoscopy.
Pathological investigation of the complications of the small intestine is quite difficult. The conventional endoscopic technique has few limitation in the diagnosis of small bowel or colon and provides information mainly related to the large intestine, stomach, and esophagus. A solution for this problem has come up with technological invention named as capsule endoscopy. A decade old invention immediately received FDA approval for the…
