Capsule Endoscopy (CE) Re-Assessment in a High Volume Center (HVC) Identifies Significant Misinterpretations of the Community Gastroenterologists (CG) That May Impact Clinical Care

Small-bowel endoscopy

“…Interpretation of capsule endoscopy findings may sometimes be difficult, especially for physicians with limited experience in reading the film, and this may potentially impact upon clinical care. An interesting prospective blinded study compared 43 con− secutive capsule endoscopy studies sent by community gastro− enterologists to a high−volume referral center (HVC) [19]. HVC readers had reading experience of 100 ± 3000 studies and were blinded to indications and to the community gastroenterolo− gist's findings.…”