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Meta-analysis of capsule endoscopy in patients diagnosed or suspected with esophageal varices |
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| Authors: | Daniel Ahn Praveen Guturu |
| Affiliation: | Daniel Ahn, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United StatesPraveen Guturu, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550, United States |
| Abstract: | The PillCam ESO(Given Imaging,Israel) or esophageal capsule endoscopy(ECE) is a novel technique used in the diagnostic evaluation of esophagus.Many studies have been performed to compare the accuracy of ECE against the current gold standard esophagogastro-duodenoscopy and a meta-analysis recently published by Lu et al suggests that ECE may have an acceptable sensitivity and specificity in detecting esophageal varices.We would like to discuss the importance and implication of publication bias in this meta-an... |
| Keywords: | Capsule endoscopy Screening varices |
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