Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Outcomes of Video Capsule Endoscopy with Push Enteroscopy in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Dev S Segarajasingam; Stephen C Hanley; Alan N Barkun; Kevin A Waschke; Pascal Burtin; Josée Parent; Serge Mayrand; Carlo A Fallone; Gilles Jobin; Ernest G Seidman; Myriam Martel

doi:10.1155/2015/897567

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2015)

Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Outcomes of Video Capsule Endoscopy with Push Enteroscopy in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Dev S Segarajasingam,
Stephen C Hanley,
Alan N Barkun,
Kevin A Waschke,
Pascal Burtin,
Josée Parent,
Serge Mayrand,
Carlo A Fallone,
Gilles Jobin,
Ernest G Seidman,
Myriam Martel

Affiliations

Dev S Segarajasingam: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Stephen C Hanley: Division of General Surgery, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alan N Barkun: Division of Gastroenterology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Kevin A Waschke: Division of Gastroenterology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Pascal Burtin: Endoscopy Unit, Gustave Roussy Institute of Oncology, Villejuif, Greater Paris, France
Josée Parent: Division of Gastroenterology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Serge Mayrand: Division of Gastroenterology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Carlo A Fallone: Division of Gastroenterology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gilles Jobin: Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ernest G Seidman: Division of Gastroenterology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Myriam Martel: Division of Gastroenterology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/897567
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 85 – 90

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Optimal management of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) remains unclear.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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