Review Article

Capsule Endoscopy in the Small Bowel Crohn’s Disease

Table 1

Comparative yield of CE and cross-sectional imaging (CSI) in patients with suspected CD (modified from Doherty et al. [58]).

StudyCSI techniquePatientsYield of CEYield of CSI

Voderholzer et al. [59]CT enteroclysis 61%29%

Eliakim et al. [16]CT enteroclysis 77%50%

Hara et al. [60]CT enteroclysis 71%53%

Jensen et al. [21]CT enteroclysis
MRE
30%
Sens.: 100%
Spec.: 91%
CTE: 33%
Sens.: 76%
Spec.: 85%
MRE: 28%
Sens.: 81%
Spec.: 86%

Casciani et al. [61]MRE Sens: 90,9%
Spec: 92,3%
Sens.: 100%
Spec.: 97,6%

Tillack et al. [62]MRE 95%95%

Albert et al. [63]MRE 93%
Sens.: 92%
Spec: 100%
88%
Sens.: 77%
Spec: 80%