The Role of Capsule Endoscopy in the Diagnosis of Crohn's Disease.
- Author:
Kang Won RHEE
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Capsule endoscopy; Crohn's disease; Small intestine; Child
- MeSH: Capsule Endoscopy; Child; Crohn Disease; Humans; Intestine, Small; Reading; Retention (Psychology)
- From:Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition 2012;15(1):8-12
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The examination of small bowel in Crohn's disease (CD) is very important. Capsule endoscopy (CE) has been recognized as a good tool for evaluation of small bowel. The capsule placement is achieved endoscopically for Children not to swallow capsule. CE is superior to any other modalities for examination of small-bowel. The large portion of pediatric patients with known CD were found with CE to have more extensive and newly diagnostic small-bowel disease. All of them had therapeutic changes. The most side effect of CE is capsule retention. The capsule retention rate in pediatric CD is about 7.3%. The patency capsule helps to predict the possibility of capsule retention. For the improving of the diagnostic accuracy, the experience of more than 20 readings of CE is needed.
