Paul A Akerman, Deepak Agrawal, William Chen, Daniel Cantero, Jose Avila, Jesus Pangtay
BACKGROUND: Pathologic diagnosis and therapeutic interventions on the small bowel have been difficult and challenging for gastroenterologists. In the last few years, significant advances have been made in this direction. New diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for visualizing the small bowel have been introduced. Furthermore, increased indications for small-bowel imaging and therapeutics have been recognized. However, the currently available methods have limitations, and development of newer, rapid, minimally invasive, safe, and readily available techniques is needed...
February 2009: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy