@Article{Kav2009,
journal="Gastroenterology Review/Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny",
issn="1895-5770",
volume="4",
number="5",
year="2009",
title="Clinical utility of capsule endoscopy in small intestinal diseases, experience of single referral center with 125 cases",
abstract=" Aim:  To evaluate the clinical utility of capsule endoscopy in diagnosing small bowel disease.    Material and methods:    A retrospective review of 125 capsule endoscopy (CE) examinations from September 2003 to March 2009 was performed.   Results:    The average patient age was 47.7 \±18.2 (min: 13, max: 97), 49 were female (39.2%). Indications for CE were obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) (56.0% of cases), diarrhea (14.0%), abdominal pain (7.2%), other indications such as known Crohn\’s disease, and surveillance for polyposis syndromes. The CE completely evaluated the entire small bowel in 92 patients (73.6%). Capsule endoscopy study was normal without any finding in 22.4% of patients. The overall diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy was 74.4% (93/125). The diagnostic yield of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding by capsule endoscopy was 77.1%. No complication related to the capsule was observed.    Conclusions:    Capsule endoscopy is safe and well tolerated diagnostic tool in the evaluation of small bowel diseases.",
author="Kav, Taylan
and Shorbagi, Ali I.
and Sivri, Bulent
and Balaban, Yasemin H.
and Arslan, Serap
and Batman, Figen
and Bayraktar, Yusuf",
pages="245--250",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Clinical-utility-of-capsule-endoscopy-in-small-intestinal-diseases-experience-of-single-referral-center-with-125-cases,41,13591,1,1.html"
}