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No risk with a camera pill. Less risk with a virtual colonoscopy. https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/capsule-endoscopy/about/pac-20393366 https://www.
by vimy 6y ago
No risk with a camera pill. Less risk with a virtual colonoscopy.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/capsule-endoscopy/about/pac-20393366 https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/capsule-endoscop...
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/colon-cancer/virtual-colonoscopy-for-cancer-screening https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseas...
- epmaybe 6y agoSure but both modalities don’t have large randomized trials comparing long term efficacy. Here’s some food for thought regarding pill cam endoscopy: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0806347 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0806347 “ The use of capsule endoscopy of the colon allows visualization of the colonic mucosa in most patients, but its sensitivity for detecting colonic lesions is low as compared with the use of optical colonoscopy.”