Clinical Utility of Emergency Capsule Endoscopy for Diagnosing the Source and Nature of Ongoing Overt Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Background and Aims. In patients with ongoing overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB), prompt detection of the bleeding source is crucial to treatment success. However, there is no consensus on the optimal timing of diagnostic capsule endoscopy (CE). We investigated the clinical utility of em...

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Main Authors: Sumio Iio, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Akiyoshi Tsuboi, Ichiro Otani, Sayoko Kunihara, Kazuaki Chayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5496242
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