Endoscopic duodenal placement of the capsule endoscope in patients with previous gastric retention of the capsule

Background: Incomplete visualization of the small bowel including gastric retention is a key limitation of wireless capsule endoscopy (CE). Several strategies how to improve small bowel completion rates of CE have been reported. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of gastric retention of the capsule in a large number of consecutive patients and to evaluate whether visualization of the entire small bowel could be achieved by endoscopic duodenal placement of the capsule in these patients. Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective study. A total of 1.006 consecutive CE performed in 929 patients w…