Prospective blinded study of magnetically guided capsule vs. conventional gastroscopy for upper abdominal complaints

Objectives: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is mostly performed under sedation and has a low yield of relevant gastric lesions in patients without alarm symptoms. A simpler filter tests such as capsule endoscopy could be helpful, but gastric visualization is insufficient with current passive capsules. A magnetically guided gastric capsule was prospectively evaluated in patients with routine indications for gastroscopy.