I bet a person would still have to do prep, which is the hard part. I could see it being a less expensive and safer procedure, though. I assume they would have software to stitch all the pictures together.
I’ve had this procedure, and the prep is pretty much the same. And yes, that is the hard part. In addition, you have to wear a video receiver all day. However, this camera does allow the Docs to examine the small intestine.
True. However, with the current ‘long tube’ method, physicians can remove polyps as they find them.
With the pill method, they would have to go back if the camera reveals polyps.
This isn’t very new. I saw the first ones appear about 20 years ago, maybe longer. The capsules have a lighted, broadcasting video camera that can display the trip through the bowels in real time so no need to strip together individual pictures. They were designed to do the same thing as the hose camera except there is no hose and the insertion point is on the other end. Hope they reduced the size a bit because the early prototypes were a bit more than horse pill size. Could be hard to swallow. I’m also pretty sure the patient will still have to purge before swallowing the camera.
like drinking dishwater
Yes, you still have to drink that garbage and clean yourself out. And, if the camera gets a bad picture or doesn’t get everything, they STILL have to go back in and look around with a scope.