title: A retrospective analysis comparing small bowel follow-through with wireless capsule endoscopy in the evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: A comparative retrospective study was conducted to evaluate diagnostic findings between small bowel follow-through (SBFT) and wireless capsule endoscopy in the presence of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. A convenience sample of 31 patients with previous negative upper and lower endoscopy was included in the study. Wireless capsule endoscopy established a significant source of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding 53% of the time. The diagnostic capacity of radiographic SBFT was measured at 17% as compared with that of the wireless capsule endoscopy. The clinical findings along with the digital images obtained from the wireless capsule endoscopy was found to be the optimum diagnostic tool in the evaluation of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding in the small bowel.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Associates, LLC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809, USA. bhart@dhcla.com
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nutter
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dunston
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ieyoub
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Jeannie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: Mary S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies