ID: 3524883 NONCONTACT MAGNETICALLY CONTROLLED CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY FOR INFECTION-FREE GASTRIC EXAMINATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A PILOT, OPEN-LABEL, RANDOMIZED TRIAL

Endoscopists have been at increased risk because of the direct contact with patients during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Patients have been faced with the challenge to the diagnosis and monitoring of gastrointestinal cancer and digestive diseases timely due to the adjustment of endoscopy department. Herein, we developed a novel noncontact magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy (ncMCE) system based on telemedicine (Figure). In...