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A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Comparison Of A Novel Signal Transmission Capsule Endoscope To An Existing Capsule Endoscope., Eric H Choi, Klaus Mergener, Carol Semrad, Laurel Fisher, David R Cave, Milan Dodig, Carol Burke, Jonathan A Leighton, David Kastenberg, Peter Simpson, James Sul, Kanishka Bhattacharya, Roger Charles, Lauren Gerson, Luke Weber, Glenn Eisen, Warren Reidel, John J Vargo, Jamile Wakim-Fleming, Simon K Lo
A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Comparison Of A Novel Signal Transmission Capsule Endoscope To An Existing Capsule Endoscope., Eric H Choi, Klaus Mergener, Carol Semrad, Laurel Fisher, David R Cave, Milan Dodig, Carol Burke, Jonathan A Leighton, David Kastenberg, Peter Simpson, James Sul, Kanishka Bhattacharya, Roger Charles, Lauren Gerson, Luke Weber, Glenn Eisen, Warren Reidel, John J Vargo, Jamile Wakim-Fleming, Simon K Lo
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: MiroCam, a capsule endoscope, uses a novel transmission technology, electric-field propagation, which uses the human body as a conduction medium for data transmission.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the ability of the MiroCam (MC) and PillCam (PC) to identify sources of obscure GI bleeding (OGIB).
DESIGN: Prospective, multicenter, comparative study.
SETTING: Six academic hospitals.
PATIENTS: A total of 105 patients with OGIB.
INTERVENTION: Patients ingested both the MC and PC capsules sequentially in a randomized fashion.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Concordance of rates in identifying a source of OGIB, operational times, and rates of complete small-bowel examination.
RESULTS: Data analysis resulted in …