title: [Capsule endoscopy].
abstract: Video capsule endoscopy provides a noninvasive diagnostic approach to the entire small intestine. The main indications are suspected chronic or recurrent obscure intestinal bleeding, which can-not be clarified by esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy and colonoscopy. Further indications are polyposis syndromes, suspected Crohn's disease and malignomas of the small bowels. Esophago-gastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy are essential preceding diagnostic procedures before capsule endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Innere Medizin II, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Freiburg. schwacha@medizin.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schwacha
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*