ArticleGastroenterology research and practice2016
Clinical Experience with the PillCam Patency Capsule prior to Video Capsule Endoscopy: A Real-World Experience.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Patency Capsule and Cross-Sectional Imaging for Predicting Capsule Endoscopy Retention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Vedolizumab Achieves Pan-Enteric Mucosal Healing in Crohn's Disease: A Prospective Observational Study.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025Observational
- Endoscope Capsules: The Present Situation and Future Outlooks.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Middle small-bowel segment Lewis score may predict long-term outcomes among patients with quiescent Crohn's disease.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Small-Bowel Capsule Endoscopy-Optimizing Capsule Endoscopy in Clinical Practice.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Capsule Endoscopy: Pitfalls and Approaches to Overcome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Undiagnosed Endoscopy Capsule Retention Causing Delayed Intestinal Obstruction in a Patient with a Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumor.The American journal of case reports · 2021Article
- A case of small bowel adenocarcinoma that caused intestinal obstruction after administration of patency capsule.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Abdominal and pelvic radiographs of medical devices and materials-Part 1: gastrointestinal and vascular devices and materials.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2020Review
- Evaluation of Small-Bowel Patency in Crohn's Disease: Prospective Study with a Patency Capsule and Computed Tomography.GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology · 2019Article
- What defines quality in small bowel capsule endoscopy.Annals of translational medicine · 2018Review
- Assessment of patency capsule retention using MR diffusion-weighted imaging.European radiology · 2017Article
- Capsule retention related to small bowel capsule endoscopy: a large European single-center 10-year clinical experience.United European gastroenterology journal · 2017Article
- Clinical factors related to false-positive rates of patency capsule examination.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 2017Article
- Colonic obstruction caused by video capsule entrapment in a metal stent.Annals of translational medicine · 2017Article
- Quality Indicators for Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy.Clinical endoscopy · 2017Review
- Symptomatic retention of the patency capsule: a multicenter real life case series.Endoscopy international open · 2016Article
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Abstract
Background. In patients with known or suspected risk factors for gastrointestinal stenosis, the PillCam patency capsule (PC) is given before a video capsule endoscopy (VCE) in order to minimize the risk of capsule retention (CR). CR is considered unlikely upon excretion of the PC within 30 hours, excretion in an undamaged state after 30 hours, or radiological projection to the colon. Methods. We performed a retrospective analysis of 38 patients with risk factors for CR, who received a PC from 02/2013 to 04/2015 at Klinikum Augsburg. Results. Sixteen of our 38 patients observed a natural excretion after a mean time of 34 hours past ingestion. However, only 8 patients observed excretion within 30 hours, as recommended by the company. In 20 patients passage of the PC into the colon was shown via RFID-scan or radiological imaging (after 33 and 45 hours, resp.). Only 2 patients showed a pathologic PC result. In consequence, 32 patients received the VCE; no CR was observed. Conclusion. Our data indicates that a VCE could safely be performed even if the PC excretion time is longer than 30 hours and the excreted PC was not screened for damage.
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