Small bowel: the last frontier

Small bowel capsule endoscopy: have we conquered the last frontier?

Capsule endoscopy was launched at the beginning of this millennium and has since become a well-established tool for evaluating the entire small bowel for manifold pathologies. CE far exceeded our early expectations by providing us with a tool to establish the correct diagnosis for such elusive gastrointestinal conditions as obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, Crohn's disease, polyposis syndrome ...

Last Frontier

Adolescence: the last frontier.

Aortic dissection. The last frontier.

Aortic dissection is a medical or surgical emergency, or both, that is catastrophic if not diagnosed and treated promptly. It is the most common aortic pathological lesion in the United States warranting emergent diagnosis and treatment. In untreated or unrecognized patients with aortic dissection, the prognosis is decidedly dismal, with the early mortality (first 48 hours) being as high as 1%/...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma