El Hospital Provincial de Castellón incorporates the technique of capsule endoscopy to detect diseases in the small intestine.
Castellon, October 2012.- the service of digestive system of the Consortium hospital Provincial de Castellón is the first Center of the province entered the capsule endoscopy, a non-invasive technique that allows direct viewing of all the small intestine to detect diseases.
The capsule, one tablet of about two inches that the patient swallowed with water and eliminated with the feces, incorporates a camcorder that transmits more than 50,000 images during scanning.
Diseases of the small intestine, a part of the digestive system in which there are still difficulties in diagnosis with current techniques are studied in this way.
Los especialistas de Digestivo: Beatriz Castelló y Antonio Peris
Este método nos permite detectar en el intestino delgado tumores y lesiones causadas por patologías diversas como procesos inflamatorios y vasculares”, explica el doctor Antonio Peris, jefe de Sección de Digestivo, quien agrega que a través de su ingestión oralthe capsule allows imaging of the digestive tract during its physiological travel.
After the ingestion of the capsule, the patient resumes its normal activity and takes several hours a Registrar at the waist that allows you to collect images that are broadcast via radio frequency to a recording equipment where they are stored.
Later, the patient returns to the hospital to deliver the device to the optional, who download the frames to a computer where you can view them.
Indications
The main indication of the technique is of unclear cause gastrointestinal bleeding. The capsule also has a high sensitivity in the diagnosis of Crohn’s disease not diagnosed by tests in conventional images.
In the event that the pathology is diagnosed, the technique is useful to establish the extent of the disease and to evaluate the response to treatment.
You can also detect the presence of polyps and tumors of the small intestine that are not displayed during the conventional explorations such as x-rays with contrast.
