Video capsule endoscopy as the initial examination for overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding can efficiently identify patients who require double-balloon enteroscopy

BACKGROUND: Both double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) and video capsule endoscopy (VCE) have similar diagnostic yields for patients with overt obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). However, the choice of initial modality is still controversial. The aim of this study was to show the clinical outcome...

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Autores principales: Maeda, Yoshimasa, Moribata, Kosaku, Deguchi, Hisanobu, Inoue, Izumi, Maekita, Takao, Iguchi, Mikitaka, Tamai, Hideyuki, Kato, Jun, Ichinose, Masao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4605125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26467439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-015-0362-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4605125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26467439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-015-0362-7

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