PillCam colon capsule endoscopy (PCCE) in colonic diseases

Extracolonic findings with the PillCam Colon: is panendoscopy with capsule endoscopy closer?

Background and study aims: Colon capsules display images from the moment they are ingested, making the study of other extracolonic areas possible. The aim of this study was to analyze the significance of these extracolonic findings. Patients and methods: In this single-center, prospective study, 165 patients underwent colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) between September 2009 and October 2012 to rule...

Clinical experience with colon capsule endoscopy ( PillCam © Colon ) in the study of colonic pathologies at the Clínica Universitaria San Juan de Dios in

1 Gastroenterologist, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the Universidad de Cartagena in Cartegena, Colombia and at the University of Paris VII in Paris, France. Chief of Gastroenterology at the Clínica Universitaria San Juan de Dios in Cartagena, Colombia 2 Second year Internal Medicine Resident at the Universidad del Sinú in the Cartagena section, Student in the Master’s Degree Progra...

Therapeutic impact of colon capsule endoscopy with PillCam™ COLON 2 after incomplete standard colonoscopy: a Spanish multicenter study.

INTRODUCTION Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) is an alternative approach for the examination of the colon in patients who refuse colonoscopy or after incomplete colonoscopy (IC). We conducted a study to determine the frequency of complete colonoscopy after IC, the diagnostic yield of CCE, the therapeutic impact of lesions found in CCE, the level of colon cleanliness and the safety of the procedure...

Capsule endoscopy of the colon.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Technology Committee provides reviews of emerging endoscopic technologies that have the potential to impact the practice of GI endoscopy. Evidence-based methodology is used, by performing a MEDLINE and PubMed literature search to identify pertinent clinical studies on the topic. Because many topics have limited peer-reviewed articles, a...

Colon Capsule Endoscopy: Quo Vadis?