Capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy

During the 2014 Digestive Disease Week in Chicago, many high-quality studies on small-bowel endoscopy were presented. The most relevant abstracts from around the world of two complementary procedures – capsule endoscopy and deep enteroscopy – which have seen rapid changes in recent years, have been selected for this review.

• References

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