Indications for Small-bowel Capsule Endoscopy in Patients with Chronic Abdominal Pain.

Objective The aim of the present study is to assess the difference in the detection rates of small-bowel lesions in chronic abdominal pain (CAP) patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and non-IBS. Patients Ninety-nine CAP patients who were scheduled to undergo capsule endoscopy (CE) to investigate their abdominal symptoms were included in this study. Among the subjects, 34 patients fulfilled the Rome III criteria for IBS (IBS group); the remaining 65 patients were categorized as the non-IBS group.

Clinical usefulness of transabdominal ultrasonography prior to patency capsule for suspected small-bowel strictures.

Objective: Patency capsule (PC) examination has made it possible to perform capsule endoscopy (CE) in patients with a suspected small-bowel stricture. However, PC has some drawbacks, so we assessed the usefulness of transabdominal ultrasonography (TUS) prior to PC in patients with suspected small-bowel strictures to avoid unnecessary PC examination.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-two patients who underwent TUS prior to PC were enrolled in this study.