Research Article
Endoscopic Delivery Method Using a Retrieval Net for Patients with Small-Bowel Capsule Endoscopy Stagnation in the Stomach
Table 1
Characteristics of patients who underwent capsule endoscopy involving the endoscopic delivery method using a retrieval net.
| | Variables | Total () |
| | Sex | | Male | 16 (55) | | Female | 13 (45) | | (years) | | | Inpatients | 12 (41) | | General medical floor | 9 (31) | | Intensive care unit | 3 (10) | | Performance status | | 0 | 22 (75) | | 1 | 3 (10) | | 2 | 2 (7) | | 3 | 1 (4) | | 4 | 1 (4) | | Body mass index | | Underweight | 10 (35) | | Normal range | 16 (55) | | Overweight | 3 (10) | | Purpose of CE | | Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding | 15 (52) | | Abdominal symptoms | 7 (24) | | Abnormalities on computed tomography | 5 (17) | | Other | 2 (7) | | History of gastrointestinal surgical resection | | Yes | 11 (38) | | No | 18 (62) | | Comorbidities (duplication) | | Cranial nerve disease | 13 (45) | | Heart disease | 8 (28) | | Diabetes | 7 (24) | | Collagen disease | 7 (24) | | Chronic kidney disease | 6 (21) | | Hypothyroidism | 5 (17) | | (%) |
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