PMID- 26671587 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170119 LR - 20220410 IS - 1130-0108 (Print) IS - 1130-0108 (Linking) VI - 107 IP - 12 DP - 2015 Dec TI - Incidence, clinical outcomes, and therapeutic approaches of capsule endoscopy-related adverse events in a large study population. PG - 745-52 AB - INTRODUCTION: Capsule endoscopy (CE) has become a first-line tool for small bowel (SB) examination. However, adverse events (AEs), such as CE retention or aspiration, may occur. The aims of this study were to evaluate incidence, clinical outcomes and therapeutic approaches of CE-related AEs in the largest series published to date. METHODS: Data from 5428 procedures performed at 12 institutions between August 2001 and January 2012 were retrospectively analyzed. Baseline patient characteristics; procedure; type, localization and symptoms before/after AEs; previous patency tests performed; therapeutic management and patient's outcome were recorded. RESULTS: The overall incidence of CE-related AEs was 1.9%: 2.0% for SB, 0.9% for esophageal and 0.5% for colon CE. The incidence of capsule retention was significantly higher than capsule aspiration (1.87% vs. 0.003%; p < 0.05), in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than in obscure GI bleeding (OGIB) (3.3% vs. 1.5%; p < 0.05) and in patients with the combination of nausea/vomiting, abdominal pain and distension. The SB was the most frequent localization of retention (88.2%). The use of patency tests -except for Patency(c) capsule- before CE was not a good predictor for AEs. Most of the patients with AEs developed no or mild symptoms (97%) and were managed by non-surgical methods (64.4%). CONCLUSIONS: CE-related AEs are uncommon and difficult to predict by imagiological examinations. SB retention, that is usually asymptomatic, is the most frequent AE. In absence of symptoms, non-surgical management of CE-related AEs is recommended. FAU - Fernandez-Urien, Ignacio AU - Fernandez-Urien I AD - Digestivo, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Espana. FAU - Carretero, Cristina AU - Carretero C AD - Universidad de Navarra. FAU - Gonzalez, Begona AU - Gonzalez B AD - Hospital Clinic. Barcelona. FAU - Pons, Vicente AU - Pons V AD - Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe. Valencia. FAU - Caunedo, Angel AU - Caunedo A AD - Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. FAU - Valle, Julio AU - Valle J AD - Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo. Toledo. FAU - Redondo-Cerezo, Eduardo AU - Redondo-Cerezo E AD - Hospital Virgen de las Nieves. Granada. FAU - Lopez-Higueras, Antonio AU - Lopez-Higueras A AD - Hospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer. Murcia. FAU - Valdes, Mariano AU - Valdes M AD - Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca. Murcia. FAU - Menchen, Pedro AU - Menchen P AD - Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon Hospital. Madrid. FAU - Fernandez, Pedro AU - Fernandez P AD - . Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla. Santander. FAU - Munoz-Navas, Miguel AU - Munoz-Navas M AD - Universidad de Navarra. FAU - Jimenez, Javier AU - Jimenez J AD - Complejo Hospital de Pamplona. Navarra. FAU - Herrerias, Juan Manuel AU - Herrerias JM AD - Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena. Sevilla. LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PL - Spain TA - Rev Esp Enferm Dig JT - Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas JID - 9007566 SB - IM CIN - Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2015 Dec;107(12 ):711-2. PMID: 26671583 MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Capsule Endoscopy/*adverse effects/instrumentation MH - Female MH - Foreign Bodies/epidemiology/*etiology/therapy MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Intestine, Small/*diagnostic imaging MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Respiratory Aspiration/epidemiology/*etiology/therapy MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Risk Factors MH - Spain MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2015/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2017/01/20 06:00 CRDT- 2015/12/17 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/01/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.17235/reed.2015.3820/2015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2015 Dec;107(12):745-52. doi: 10.17235/reed.2015.3820/2015.