Small bowel ulcerative lesions are common in elderly NSAIDs users with peptic ulcer bleeding.

Aim: To determine the frequency of small bowel ulcerative lesions in patients with peptic ulcer and define the significance of those lesions.

Methods: In our prospective study, 60 consecutive elderly patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding from a peptic ulceration (cases) and 60 matched patients with a non-bleeding peptic ulcer (controls) underwent small bowel capsule endoscopy, after a negative colonoscopy (compulsory in our institution). Controls were evaluated for non-bleeding indications.

When Crohn's disease is in remission, more patients complete capsule endoscopy study but less lesions are identified.

Background And Aims: Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is used in Crohn's disease (CD) to define disease extent. We aimed to define WCE detection rate of small bowel ulcerative lesions and completion rate in CD patients.

Patients And Methods: A total of 102 consecutive CD patients, who successfully passed patency capsule, were matched to 102 controls.

Endoscopic submucosal dissection for the diagnosis and treatment of a gastric submucosal tumor: initial experience in Greece.

Gastric submucosal tumors (GSMTs) are frequently found incidentally on routine upper endoscopy. Definitive diagnosis based on histological confirmation is relatively difficult. Even without accurate diagnosis before treatment, open or laparoscopic surgery is considered the standard of care for most GSMTs.