Clinical features of capsule endoscopy in young adults: A single-center retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Capsule endoscopy (CE) has been used in clinical examination among people of various ages, while few studies exclusively focused on the young. We aimed to explore its clinical features in young adults and those with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB).

Methods

A total of 479 young adults aged 18-44 years were analyzed, with median age of 33 years. Primary positive findings of patients were classified into four kinds of lesions, and potential risk of bleeding among patients with OGIB was assessed based on Saurin classification (P0-2 lesions).

Results

The overall completion rate and diagnostic yield of CE among young adults were 89.77 and 77.04%, respectively. Significant differences were found among overall completion rate/diagnostic yield and i

SUBMITTER: Xu HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446405 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature