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New endoscopy study findings have been published by E. Estevez and colleagues

Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, December 1st, 2007

"Capsule endoscopy has involved a significant advance in techniques for imaging of the small bowel. Its most frequent indication is for studying patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB)," investigators in La Coruna, Spain report.

"Small bowel tumors are infrequent, representing only 1% to 3% of all malignant gastrointestinal tumors. This study aimed to assess retrospectively the occurrence and characteristics of tumoral pathology diagnosed by means of capsule endoscopy in patients with OGIB A retrospective review analyzed the first 320 patients submitted to capsule endoscopy because of OGIB (166 with obscure overt bleeding and 154 with obscure occult...

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