Open AccessSingle-center experience of 309 consecutive patients withobscure gastrointestinal bleeding
Author(s) -
Bing-Ling Zhang,
Youhong Fang,
Chunxiao Chen,
Youming Li,
Zun Xiang
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.15.5740
Subject(s) - medicine , capsule endoscopy , gastroenterology , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , gi bleeding , endoscopy , complication , gastrointestinal bleeding , cohort , stomach , surgery , physics , optics
To investigate the diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy (CE) in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB), and to determine whether the yield was affected by different bleeding status.