Diagnostic value of OMOM capsule endoscopy in intestinal diseases

Objective To study the diagnostic value of OMOM capsule endoscopy in gastrointestinal diseases,especially in small intestinal diseases.Methods General status,capsule endoscopic finding and complication were assessed in 152 cases.Results Among 152 patients,51 cases were obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and 65 cases were abdominal pain or diarrhea,36 cases were healthy for physical examination.The testing time of the capsules in stomach was 12～130 min,reached 192～345 min in ileum bottom.Sixty-three patients had intestinal abnormal.Among them,36 cases had intestinal vascular disease,12 cases had infectious disease,3 cases had intestinal tumor,6 cases had intestinal polyps and 4 cases had duodenal diseases.Moreover,45 patients had gastric disease and 44 patients were normal.Conclusion OMOM capsule endoscopy with its high diagnostic rate and safty may be a good method in the diagnosis of intestinal diseases.