The Influence of Obesity on Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Intestinal motility may be different in obese and nonobese patients, but this has not been determined. Here, we sought to evaluate the effect of obesity on small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE). Patients and Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the cases of the 340 patients who underwent SBCE for small intestinal disease (excluding cases of unobservable total small bowel, small bowel stenosis, and bowel resection) at our hospital during the period January 2014 to December 2020 to extract patient background factors and the bowel transit times of SBCE according to the presence/absence of obesity (defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m²).

Results

The obese group was 54 patients (nonobese, n = 286). The small bowel transit time (SBTT) was

SUBMITTER: Omori T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9112179 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature