Bleeding Lesions Within Reach of Conventional Endoscopy in Capsule Endoscopy Examinations for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Is Repeating Endoscopy Economically Feasible?

摘要

Background  Most tertiary gastroenterology centers currently offer an open-access capsule endoscopy (CE) service, including patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. However, CE may identify lesions missed by conventional endoscopy.