Patients with known small bowel stricture or with symptoms of small bowel obstruction secondary to Crohn's disease should not perform video capsule endoscopy without being previously tested for small bowel patency

Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul;102(7):1542-3; author reply 1543-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01285.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Capsule Endoscopy*
  • Contraindications
  • Crohn Disease / complications*
  • Crohn Disease / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology
  • Intestine, Small*
  • Risk Assessment