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The History of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy: From a Dream to a Platform of Capsules

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Direct visualization of the gastrointestinal tract by traditional endoscopy was introduced and developed over the last 50 years or so. Fairly fast gastroenterologists moved from rigid esophago-gastroscopes to flexible scopes and to high-definition videoscopes, daily used for the upper and lower GI endoscopies as well as for the biliary tract.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, 2nd Sheba Road, 52621, Ramat-Gan, Israel

    Rami Eliakim

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China

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  2. Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai, China

    Zhuan Liao

  3. Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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Eliakim, R. (2014). The History of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy: From a Dream to a Platform of Capsules. In: Li, Z., Liao, Z., McAlindon, M. (eds) Handbook of Capsule Endoscopy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9229-5_1

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