Clinical factors related to false-positive rates of patency capsule examination

Clinical factors related to false-positive rates of patency capsule examination

Background Retention is the most common complication of capsule endoscopy (CE), and is reported to occur in 0–13% of cases. To avoid retention, a PillCam patency capsule (PC) is used in patients with suspected intestinal stenosis. However, a relatively low positive predictive value of the PC examina...

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Main Authors: Tsunaki Sawada, Masanao Nakamura, Osamu Watanabe, Takeshi Yamamura, Takuya Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Furukawa, Kohei Funasaka, Eizaburo Ohno, Hiroki Kawashima, Ryoji Miyahara, Hidemi Goto, Yoshiki Hirooka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-08-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756283X17722744

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https://doi.org/10.1177/1756283X17722744

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