CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY- By Dr Vishal Khurana (Senior Gastroenterologist, Faridabad)
CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY Capsule Endoscopy involves swallowing a video capsule, the size of a large vitamin capsule, to examine primarily the small bowel, middle part of your gastrointestinal tract, which cannot be easily examined by traditional endoscopy methods (upper endoscopy or by ileo-colonoscopy). The procedure is commonly undertaken if there is suspicion of non-stricturing disease of the small bowel. The capsule endoscopy is a visual examination and is purely diagnostic, no biopsies or therapy can be performed with this. This capsule, with its own camera and light source, takes pictures of small intestine as it passes through and transmits it to small recording device which is wear as belt on body. These images are seen real time or later on. Why is Capsule Endoscopy Done? Capsule endoscopy helps to evaluate the small intestine. The capsule endoscopy is indicated to search for source of small intestinal bleeding and to detect pol...