Examination of entire gastrointestinal tract: A perspective of mouth to anus (m2a) capsule endoscopy

Ji Hyung Nam; Kwang Hoon Lee; Yun Jeong Lim

doi:10.3390/diagnostics11081367

Examination of entire gastrointestinal tract: A perspective of mouth to anus (m2a) capsule endoscopy

Ji Hyung Nam, Kwang Hoon Lee, Yun Jeong Lim

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Abstract

Capsule endoscopy (CE) is the only non-invasive diagnostic tool that enables the direct visualization of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Even though CE was initially developed for small-bowel investigation, its clinical application is expanding, and technological advances continue. The final iteration of CE will be a mouth to anus (M2A) capsule that investigates the entire GI tract by the ingestion of a single capsule. This narrative review describes the current developmental status of CE and discusses the possibility of realizing an M2A capsule and what needs to be overcome in the future.

Original language	English
Article number	1367
Journal	Diagnostics
Volume	11
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11081367
State	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

Active locomotion
Capsule endoscopy
Gastrointestinal tract
M2A capsule
Pan-endoscopy

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