Poster Session B - Monday Morning
Category: Small Intestine
Manik Aggarwal, MBBS
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Table 1A: Baseline Characteristics, Type Of Surgery And Indications For Video Capsule Endoscopy In Patients With Normal Anatomy And Surgically Altered Gastrointestinal Anatomy (SAGIA) | ||||
Variable | Group | SAGA | Normal anatomy | P value |
n | 77 | 139 | ||
Age at the time of VCE | 55.58 (15.82) | 59.50 (15.87) | 0.083 | |
Gender (%) | Female | 41 (53.2) | 74 (53.2) | 1 |
Race (%) | African/black | 17 (22.1) | 40 (29.2) | 0.696 |
Asian | 1 (1.3) | 2 (1.5) | ||
Caucasian | 58 (75.3) | 94 (68.6) | ||
Hispanic | 1 (1.3) | 1 (0.7) | ||
BMI | 29.60 (10.11) | 28.03 (7.38) | 0.191 | |
Capsule placement | Endoscopically placed | 18 (23.4) | 85 (61.2) | < 0.001 |
Swallowed | 59 (76.6) | 54 (38.8) | ||
Comorbidities | ||||
HTN (%) | 37 (48.1) | 113 (81.3) | < 0.001 | |
Autoimmune diseases (%) | 4 (5.2) | 4 (2.9) | 0.46 | |
Hypothyroidism. (%) | 18 (23.4) | 23 16.5) | 0.277 | |
Scleroderma. (%) | 3 (3.9) | 1 (0.7) | 0.131 | |
Diabetes (%) | 26 (33.8) | 60 (43.2) | 0.194 | |
Parkinsonism. (%) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.9) | 0.299 | |
Indications for VCE | ||||
Abdominal pain (%) | 9 (11.7) | 3 (2.2) | 0.009 | |
Concern for IBD (%) | 2 (2.6) | 1 (0.7) | 0.29 | |
Iron deficiency anemia (%) | 23 (29.9) | 33 (23.7) | 0.335 | |
Occult GI bleeding. (%) | 10 (13.0) | 2 (1.4) | 0.001 | |
Overt GI bleeding. (%) | 34 (44.2) | 108 (77.7) | < 0.001 | |
Small bowel polyps. (%) | 5 (6.5) | 0 (0) | 0.005 | |
Other. (%) | 26 (33.8) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001 | |
Prior Surgeries | ||||
Gastrectomy (%) | 29 (37.6) | |||
Gastric bypass (%) | 31 (40.3) | |||
Enterectomy (%) | 7 (9.1) | |||
Colectomy/ICR (%) | 3 (3.9) | |||
Esophagectomy (%) | 1 (1.3) | |||
Whipple’s procedure (%) | 6 (7.8) | |||
Table 1B: Outcomes Of Video Capsule Endoscopy In Patients With Normal Anatomy Vs. Surgically Altered Gastrointestinal Anatomy (SAGIA) | ||||
Outcomes | SAGIA | Normal anatomy | P value | |
Small bowel transit time (min) | 316.56 (142.63) | 310.89 (159.59) | 0.82 | |
Total transit time (min) | 731.00 (197.08) | 773.97 (168.97) | 0.141 | |
Result | ||||
Completion | 75 (97.4) | 128 (95.5) | 0.598 | |
Gastric retention at Day 15 | 1 (1.3) | 1 (0.7) | ||
Small bowel retention at Day 15 | 1 (1.3) | 5 (3.7) | ||
Follow up imaging (%) | 21 (27.3) | 5 (3.6) | < 0.001 |