Small-bowel transit time in capsule endoscopy: a determinant factor for the diagnosis of small-bowel bleeding.
Cátia ArieiraFrancisca Dias de CastroPedro Boal CarvalhoBruno Joel RosaMaria João MoreiraJosé CotterPublished in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2021)
patients with longer SBTT had higher rates of lesions with high bleeding potential (P2). SBTT along with previously well-defined factors such as age and male gender were the only independent predictive factors for the presence of P2 lesions. These findings may suggest that a slower passage of the capsule through the small bowel may allow a better diagnostic yield for significant lesions.
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