Role of Capsule Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Mucosal Changes During Treatment of Patients With Active Crohn's Disease

The utility of capsule endoscopy in diagnosing small bowel (SB) Crohn's disease has been demonstrated in a number of studies. Mucosal healing is a good predictor of long term remission. Unfortunately, the assessment of small bowel mucosal healing by conventional colonoscopy is an invasive technique which is not complete since it does not allow exploration of the small bowel beyond the terminal ileum (TI). Thus, direct evidence of the healing of the majority of the small bowel is lacking.