Capsule gastroenteroscopy has the advantages of less pain, clarity and accuracy, and the disadvantages of high cost and risk of retention in the body.
1. Advantages: capsule gastroenteroscopy is generally used for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases, compared with the traditional gastroscopy, colonoscopy, in the process of examination of the patient less pain, no trauma, there is a stronger adaptability.
2. Disadvantages: capsule gastroscopy can not carry out endoscopic biopsy and treatment, compared with the traditional endoscopy costs a little higher. Because its movement trajectory cannot be controlled by human, it may miss the site of the lesion and delay the condition. In addition, capsule gastrointestinal scopes may also carry the risk of retention in the body and thus the risk of inducing infection. Abnormal lesions are often found that require additional treatment such as a biopsy with a regular gastroenteroscope.
Capsule gastroenteroscopy needs to be performed in a regular hospital.