Capsule retention in case of small bowel stenoses caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS): What to do?

Introduction: Results so far suggest that damage to the small bowel mucosa in patients permanently taking NSAIDs is a frequent side effect. Lesions may cause manifest or obscure bleeding, abdominal pain, obstruction or perforation. Based on small bowel capsule examinations carried out so far, the capsule is most frequently retained in patients permanently taking NSAIDs, in Crohn's disease or due to small bowel tumors, radiation enteritis and after previous abdominal surgery. Patients and methods: We have carried out 576 small bowel wireless capsule endoscopy with different indications at our center from 2004 to…