Open AccessWhen Crohn′s disease is in remission, more patients complete capsule endoscopy study but less lesions are identified
Author(s) -
Panagiotis Tsibouris,
Periklis Apostolopoulos,
C. Kalantzis,
Antonios Zalonis,
Panagiota Mavrogianni,
Erasmia Vlachou,
Georgios Alexandrakis
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.108468
Subject(s) - medicine , capsule endoscopy , gastroenterology , crohn's disease , capsule , ulcerative colitis , colonoscopy , endoscopy , inflammatory bowel disease , disease , complete remission , colorectal cancer , cancer , chemotherapy , biology , botany
Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is used in Crohn's disease (CD) to define disease extent. We aimed to define WCE detection rate of small bowel ulcerative lesions and completion rate in CD patients.