Wireless capsule endoscopy : our experience at King Hussein Medical Center

Abstract EN

Objective: Evaluate the yield of wireless video capsule endoscopy in patients with suspected small bowel disease.

Methods: The data of 35 patients, who underwent wireless video capsule endoscopy at King Hussein Medical Center from July 2010 till November 2011, was collected and analyzed.

Results: Video capsule endoscopy was normal in 11 patients.

The diagnostic yield of wireless video capsule endoscopy were 64.7 % in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, 60 % in anemia, 66.6 % in chronic diarrhea, 100 % in abdominal pain and 57.1 % in Crohn’s disease.

All the lesions were found in small bowel apart from three cases where the lesions were found outside small bowel and were considered relevant to the complaint.

Conclusions : The diagnostic yield of wireless video capsule endoscopy in our study is consistent with other international studies done.

We stress the importance of repeat upper and lower endoscopy prior to wireless video capsule endoscopy and the importance of bowel preparation to improve the diagnostic yield.

More studies on larger number of patients would probably give better assessment of the wireless video capsule endoscopy yield in Jordan.