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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2013; 19(24): 3726-3746
Published online Jun 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3726
Published online Jun 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3726
Small-bowel capsule endoscopy: A ten-point contemporary review
Anastasios Koulaouzidis, Centre for Liver and Digestive Disorders, the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, Scotland, United Kingdom
Emanuele Rondonotti, Gastroenterology Unit, Ospedale Valduce, 22100 Como, Italy
Alexandros Karargyris, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States
Author contributions: Koulaouzidis A conceived and drafted the study, collected data and prepared the tables of this review; Rondonotti E prepared the first draft of this manuscript; Rondonotti E and Koulaouzidis A performed significant editing; Karargyris A contributed Table 10; all authors performed the final draft revisions and editing.
Correspondence to: Anastasios Koulaouzidis, MD, MRCP, FEBG, Endoscopy Unit, Centre for Liver and Digestive Disorders, the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, Scotland, United Kingdom. akoulaouzidis@hotmail.com
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Received: March 29, 2013
Revised: May 27, 2013
Accepted: June 1, 2013
Published online: June 28, 2013
Revised: May 27, 2013
Accepted: June 1, 2013
Published online: June 28, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: This innovative, concise and “unique” review (structured as Q and A with several tables that make this paper very easy to read and hopefully enjoyable), keeps narrative text to the necessary minimum, in order to guide the reader to consult the wealth of information included in tabulated form. These tables are the outcome of the authors’ personal endeavor to compile in a detailed, yet easy to refer way, information that has often been overlooked by the plethora of similar reviews and/or info on contentious issues in capsule enteroscopy. We believe that this document can be used as reference for study, in reference lists of future manuscript and as important guide for future clinical research on the field.