Is colon capsule endoscopy useful for Barrett's prescreening?

Background: Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) is a novel, non-invasive and painless method for the direct visualization of large bowel without intubation. After the activation, the camera shuts off in 3 minutes in order to save the battery energy, and it automatically turns back after 105 minutes, before leaving the small bowel. This short 3 minutes camera activity in the oesophagus offers the visual demonstration of the distal oesophagus and Z-line. Methods and aims: From the November of 2008 colon capsule endoscopy was performed with the PillCam Colon (Given Imaging Ltd.) device in 14 cases. Eight out of these 14…