Capsule Endoscopy: A New Tool for the Work-up of Occult GI Bleeding • Schmitt TM et al 2004;60(7):312-316. The authors outline two cases in which the use of wireless gastrointestinal endoscopy with a swallowable camera assisted in localizing bleeding in the small intestine beyond the duodenum bulb. Indications, limitations, and complications of capsule endoscopy are discussed, and the authors provide readers with a “When to Use Capsule Endoscopy” flow chart.
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