Wireless capsule endoscopy--a novel technique for visualising the gut.

This review is presenting the "capsule endoscopy", a developing method for visualizing the gut and especially its "dark" areas, the small intestine. It is presented its description, and the evaluation of its present indications. The capsule endoscopy is good for identifying bleeding of unknown origin, tumors and inflammatory lesions of small bowel. Capsule endoscopy seems to be an expanding method for investigating the gut.