The rebleeding rate in patients evaluated for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding after negative small bowel findings by device assisted enteroscopy.
Ana Catarina GomesJosé María Rubio MateosRolando Taveira PinhoAna PonteAdélia RodriguesMargarita Fosado GayossoPilar Esteban DelgadoJoão Carlos SilvaEdgar AfectoJoão CarvalhoPublished in: Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva (2021)
in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, long-term follow-up and further evaluation may be considered after a positive capsule endoscopy. Even if there are no small bowel findings by device-assisted enteroscopy. The rebleeding rate in our study was 40 %, mainly in the presence of an overt bleeding on admission.