Small bowel endoscopy has evolved in the 21st century from invasive intraoperative enteroscopies, to probe and "push" enteroscopies, to the CE studies which have revolutionized the study of small intestine pathologies by allowing a complete display of a high 85% to 90% of cases. Moreover, this procedure is non-invasive and very well tolerated by the patient. Its limitations are that the capsule cannot be maneuvered and cannot take biopsies which mean that diagnosis must be based on endoscopic appearance.
El estudio endoscópico del intestino delgado ha evolucionado en el siglo XXI, donde ha sido posible avanzar de la enteroscopia intraoperatoria invasiva, pasando por el enteroscopio sonda, enteroscopio "push", hasta el estudio con CE, la cual ha revolucionado el estudio de patologías de intestino delgado, ya que permite su visualización completa en un alto porcentaje de casos 85-90%, de manera no invasiva y es muy bien tolerada por el paciente.