Zhuan Liao, Xi Hou, En-Qiang Lin-Hu, Jian-Qiu Sheng, Zhi-Zheng Ge, Bo Jiang, Xiao-Hua Hou, Ji-Yong Liu, Zhen Li, Qi-Yang Huang, Xiao-Jun Zhao, Na Li, Yun-Jie Gao, Yao Zhang, Jie-Qiong Zhou, Xin-Ying Wang, Jun Liu, Xiao-Ping Xie, Cong-Mei Yang, Hua-Lin Liu, Xiao-Tian Sun, Wen-Bin Zou, Zhao-Shen Li
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Diseases of the stomach, including gastric cancer and peptic ulcer, are the most common digestive diseases. It is impossible to visualize the entire stomach with the passive capsule currently used in practice because of the large size of the gastric cavity. A magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy (MCE) system has been designed to explore the stomach. We performed a prospective study to compare the accuracy of detection of gastric focal lesions by MCE vs conventional gastroscopy (the standard method)...
September 2016: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology