Continuing challenges in the diagnosis and management of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.
The diagnosis and management of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) have changed dramatically since the introduction of video capsule endoscopy (VCE) followed by deep enteroscopy and other imaging technologies in the last decade. Significant advances have been made, yet there remains room for improvement in our diagnostic yield and treatment capabilities for recurrent OGIB. In this review, we will summarize the latest technologies for the diagnosis of OGIB, limitations of VCE, technological enhancement in VCE, and different management options for OGIB.
Veronica Baptista, Neil Marya, Anupam Singh, Abbas Rupawala, Bilal Gondal, David Cave, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.
Veronica
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Baptista
Veronica Baptista, Neil Marya, Anupam Singh, Abbas Rupawala, Bilal Gondal, David Cave, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.
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Marya
Veronica Baptista, Neil Marya, Anupam Singh, Abbas Rupawala, Bilal Gondal, David Cave, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.
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Veronica Baptista, Neil Marya, Anupam Singh, Abbas Rupawala, Bilal Gondal, David Cave, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.
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Rupawala
Veronica Baptista, Neil Marya, Anupam Singh, Abbas Rupawala, Bilal Gondal, David Cave, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.
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Gondal
Veronica Baptista, Neil Marya, Anupam Singh, Abbas Rupawala, Bilal Gondal, David Cave, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.
David
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Cave
Computed tomography enterography; Deep enteroscopy; Magnetic resonance enterography; Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; Video capsule endoscopy