Clinical Trial: Assessing Depth of Small Bowel Insertion at Push Enteroscopy by Using Capsule Endoscopy
Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Condition:
Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Gastrointestinal Bleed
An
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Assessing Depth of Small Bowel Insertion at Push Enteroscopy by Using Capsule Endoscopy to Determine Best Diagnostic Approach for Patients With Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Brief Summary:
Bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract can originate from the small bowel. Typically, upper and lower endoscopies are unable to identify the site of bleeding and patients need to undergo special endoscopies with longer cameras to examine the small bowel and find the bleeding site. One of the most commonly used scopes to investigate the first part of the small intestinal is called "push enteroscopy". This is an upper endoscopy that uses a pediatric colonoscope, which is longer. To date, it is unknown what…
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