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Is capsule endoscopy safe and useful for small-bowel surveillance in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis?

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boxed-textIaquinto G et al. (2008) Capsule endoscopy is useful and safe for small-bowel surveillance in familal adenomatous polyposis. Gastrointest Endosc 67: 61–67

Small-bowel surveillance in patients with FAP should focus on the duodenum (including the periampullary region). Capsule endoscopy has limited ability to detect duodenal polyps; therefore, push enteroscopy and side-viewing duodenoscopy are mandatory in these patients

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Dray, X., Valleur, P. Is capsule endoscopy safe and useful for small-bowel surveillance in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 416–417 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1186

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