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Small bowel transit time of capsule endoscopy as a factor for the detection of lesions in potential small bowel
Gerardo Blanco Velasco1, Marcela Pérez Rodríguez2, Nelson Eduardo Álvarez Licona3
1Servicio de Endoscopia, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, México.
Background:
the relationship between small bowel transit time (SBTT) of the capsule endoscopy (CE) and the diagnosis of small bowel bleeding (SBB) is controversial.
Objective:
to evaluate the relationship between SBTT and CE and the identification of SBB.
Material And Methods:
CE was divided according to SBTT into < 4 hours and ≥ 4 hours.
Results:
CE with SBTT ≥ 4 hours identified more angioectasias (p = 0.023), single lesions (p = 0.029) and jejunal lesions (p = 0.001) with an OR of 3.13 (95% CI, 1.61-6.10, p = 0.001) to identify the cause of SBB.
Conclusions:
CE SBTT of ≥ 4 hours increases the diagnosis of SBB.
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