Application of Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy for Diagnosis and Treatment of Crohn's Disease / 胃肠病学

ABSTRACT

Crohn's disease (CD) has the characteristics of jumping and transmural inflammation of the whole digestive tract. At present, the first-line examination methods to assist the diagnosis and treatment of CD are endoscopy, magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) and computed tomography enterography (CTE). However, due to the special anatomical structure of small intestine, the traditional endoscopic examination has limitations. MRE and CTE are sensitive to intestinal wall inflammation, but not to mucosal surface inflammation, which makes the difficulty of early diagnosis and treatment of small intestinal CD. Small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) has solved this problem. This article reviewed the application of SBCE for the diagnosis and treatment of CD.