Bowel cleansing quality evaluation in colon capsule endoscopy: what is the reference standard?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diagnostic accuracy of colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) depends on a well-cleansed bowel. Evaluating the cleansing quality can be difficult with a substantial interobserver variation.

Objectives

Our primary aim was to establish a standard of agreement for bowel cleansing in CCE based on evaluations by expert readers. Then, we aimed to investigate the interobserver agreement on bowel cleansing.

Design

We conducted an interobserver agreement study on bowel cleansing quality.

Methods

Readers with different experience levels in CCE and colonoscopy evaluated bowel cleansing quality on the Leighton-Rex scale and Colon Capsule CLEansing Assessment and Report (CC-CLEAR), respectively. All evaluations were reported on an image level. A total of 24 readers ra

SUBMITTER: Schelde-Olesen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11500223 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature