Colonic cleansing before colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) – tolerable and effective?

Introduction: Recent studies with CCE demonstrated an excellent sensitivity in colorectal polyp detection compared to standard colonoscopy (89%) in a subgroup of patients (pts) with optimal colonic preparation. In contrast, in up to 18% of all pts the colonic cleansing is still ineffective to visualize the entire colonic mucosa with CCE. The aim of the present study was to retrospectively evaluate the colon cleanliness in our CCE pts. Patients and Methods: We investigated 28 pts (11 female, 17 male, mean age: 49.6 years) with CCE. All pts filled a standardized questionnaire about their defecation habits. We appl…