Open AccessFollow-up outcomes in patients with negative initial colon capsule endoscopy findings
Author(s) -
Konosuke Nakaji,
Mitsutaka Kumamoto,
Mikiko Yodozawa,
Kazuki Okahara,
Shigeo Suzumura,
Yukinori Nakae
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v13.i10.502
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , capsule endoscopy , gastroenterology , anemia , abdominal pain , retrospective cohort study , observational study , endoscopy , diarrhea , pathological , cancer
Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE), which became clinically applicable in 2006, is a simple and noninvasive procedure to evaluate colonic diseases; the accuracy of second-generation CCE, introduced in 2009, has dramatically improved. Currently, CCE is used as an alternative method for colorectal cancer screening, as well as for evaluating the mucosal lesions of inflammatory bowel disease, in cases where performing colonoscopy (CS) is difficult. However, the outcomes of CCE are uncertain.