Capsule Endoscopes

"Capsule Endoscopes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A pill sized videocamera encased in a capsule. It is designed to be swallowed and subsequently traverse the gastrointestinal tract while transmitting diagnostic images along the way.

Descriptor ID

D053705

MeSH Number(s)

E07.230.220.260.140

Concept/Terms

Capsule Endoscopes

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Capsule Endoscopes".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Equipment and Supplies [E07]
Diagnostic Equipment [E07.230]
Endoscopes [E07.230.220]
Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal [E07.230.220.260]
Capsule Endoscopes [E07.230.220.260.140]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Capsule Endoscopes" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Capsule Endoscopes" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 13 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2006	1	0	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	1	1	2
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	3	0	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Capsule Endoscopes" by people in Profiles.

Clinical Use of Patency Capsule: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 10 12; 24(11):2339-2347.

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Volumetric Mapping of Barrett's Esophagus and Dysplasia With en face Optical Coherence Tomography Tethered Capsule. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 11; 111(11):1664-1666.

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Retrieval of Retained Capsule Endoscopy at Small Bowel Stricture by Double-Balloon Endoscopy Significantly Decreases Surgical Treatment. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2016 Feb; 50(2):141-6.

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Connecting the dots between gastrointestinal motility and symptoms using wireless motility capsule testing. Dig Dis Sci. 2015 May; 60(5):1120-2.

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Magnetically guided capsule versus conventional gastroscopy for upper abdominal complaints: a prospective blinded study. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2015 Feb; 49(2):101-7.

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Wireless capsule endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013 Dec; 78(6):805-815.

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A multicenter, prospective, randomized comparison of a novel signal transmission capsule endoscope to an existing capsule endoscope. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013 Aug; 78(2):325-32.

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Minimally invasive surgery using intraoperative real-time capsule endoscopy for small bowel lesions. Surg Endosc. 2013 Jul; 27(7):2337-41.

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Equipment for pediatric endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Jul; 76(1):8-17.

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A new non-invasive modality for recording sequential images and the pH of the small bowel. Hepatogastroenterology. 2012 Mar-Apr; 59(114):413-4.

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