A case of long-term retention of capsule endoscopy in small intestine

VernacularTitle:胶囊内镜长期滞留小肠一例
Author: Meihua CUI ; Lin YUE ; Jie WANG ; Guoxing YI
From: Clinical Medicine of China 2021;37(1):85-87
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Capsule endoscopy is an important method for the diagnosis of small intestinal diseases, and that capsule endoscope retention in the small intestine is the most important and serious complication in the process of this technique.It often occurs in the diseases of intestinal stenosis caused by Crohn′s disease, small intestinal tumor, intestinal tuberculosis and after abdominal surgery.Once capsule endoscope retention occurs, it is necessary to observe the symptoms of intestinal obstruction, to treat the primary disease actively, and it is very important to remove the foreign body by the enteroscopy or surgical intervention timely.