Research Article

Safety and Efficacy of Small Bowel Examination by Capsule Endoscopy for Patients before Liver Transplantation

Table 2

Comparison of safety of VCE in patients who needed LT and in control patients.


LT group ()Control () value

Complete small bowel27/31128/139
Examination rate(87%)(92%)
Gastric transit time (min)
Small intestinal transit time (min)
Incidence 
 Retention00
 Others1 (dysphagia)0

chi-squared test; Student’s t-test.