VIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY: INDICATIONS, DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND SAFETY IN SULAIMANI GOVERNORATE | Zendy

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VIDEO CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY: INDICATIONS, DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND SAFETY IN SULAIMANI GOVERNORATE

Author(s) -

Taha A. Alkarbuli,

Hiwa A. Hussein,

Ali Ramadhan,

Sabir Hamed M. Ameen

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of sulaimani medical college

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2304-7224

pISSN - 2223-148X

DOI - 10.17656/jsmc.10030

Subject(s) - medicine , capsule endoscopy , endoscopy , gastroenterology , hepatology , capsule , surgery , botany , biology

Indications of video capsule endoscopy were obscure gastrointestinal hemorrhage (N.=20, diagnostic yield=70%), suspicion of Crohn's disease (N.=11, diagnostic yield=64%), chronic abdominal pain (N.=8, diagnostic yield=50%), small intestinal polyposis syndrome (N.=2, diagnostic yield = 100%) and chronic unexplained diarrhea (N.=2, diagnostic yield=0%). The most common finding was gastrointestinal erosions and/or ulcers (N. = 21, 48.9%). No capsule retention has been recorded.

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