7. Prospective, Capsule Endoscopy vs. Twenty-two patients were known to have 2005 push enteroscopy and Crohn’s disease, and 21 were suspected to have blinded enterocylsis in suspected SB CD. They were prospectively evaluated with diagnostic yield small bowel Crohn’s push enteroscopy, enteroclysis and capsule study. disease. endoscopy. Capsule endoscopy had higher yield in patients with known CD. CE changed in Chong et. al. management in the majority of these patients. 8. Prospective, Capsule endoscopy Thirty-eight suspected CD patients with negative 2006 consecutive at conventional imaging were examined using findings in patients with diagnostic CE. CE findings were diagnostic for CD in 13 suspected Crohn's disease study. (34.2%) patients, suspicious in 2 (5.3%), and biochemical markers in 4 (10.5%), normal in 19 (50%), overall of inflammation. detection rate of 39.5%. Specific measures or De Bona et al. patient management changes in 39.5% of patients. 9. Prospective, Wireless capsule Twenty-nine patients with known CD (group 1) 2009 blinded endoscopy (WCE) versus suspected to have more extensive small-bowel diagnostic yield enteroclysis in the involvement and 26 patients, who were study. diagnosis of small-bowel suspected to suffer from CD but didn’t have an Crohn’s disease earlier history of it (group 2) were prospectively evaluated with enteroclysis and WCE. Efthymiou et al.
7. Prospective, blinded diagnostic yield study. Capsule Endoscopy vs. push enteroscopy and enterocylsis in suspected small bowel Crohn’s disease. Chong et. al. Twenty-two patients were known to have Crohn’s disease, and 21 were suspected to have SB CD. They were prospectively evaluated with push enteroscopy, enteroclysis and capsule endoscopy. Capsule endoscopy had higher yield in patients with known CD. CE changed in management in the majority of these patients. 2005 8. Prospective, consecutive diagnostic study. Capsule endoscopy findings in patients with suspected Crohn's disease and biochemical markers of inflammation. De Bona et al. Thirty-eight suspected CD patients with negative at conventional imaging were examined using CE. CE findings were diagnostic for CD in 13 (34.2%) patients, suspicious in 2 (5.3%), in 4 (10.5%), normal in 19 (50%), overall detection rate of 39.5%. Specific measures or patient management changes in 39.5% of patients. 2006 9. Prospective, blinded diagnostic yield study. Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) versus enteroclysis in the diagnosis of small-bowel Crohn’s disease Efthymiou et al. Twenty-nine patients with known CD (group 1) suspected to have more extensive small-bowel involvement and 26 patients, who were suspected to suffer from CD but didn’t have an earlier history of it (group 2) were prospectively evaluated with enteroclysis and WCE. 2009