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The Yield of Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Abdominal Pain or Diarrhea

DOI

79

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0

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2006

Year

Lucía C. Fry, Elizabeth J. Carey, Arthur D. Shiff, Russell I. Heigh, Virender K. Sharma, Jan A. Post, Joseph G. Hentz, David E. Fleischer, Jonathan A. Leighton
Endoscopy

Abstract

Capsule endoscopy had a low yield for evaluation of abdominal pain or diarrhea and cannot be recommended as a first-line test without further study. Nonetheless, it facilitated diagnosis in 9 % of patients with negative endoscopic and radiologic examinations.