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Efficacy and safety of capsule endoscopy in octogenarian and elderly patients: A retrospective study

2021-06-29

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<h4>Background: </h4> Life expectancy and the number of ultra-octogenarians increased significantly, thus making crucial the appropriateness of several endoscopic procedures in elderly patients. The aim of our study was to provide a retrospective analysis of the efficacy and safety of capsule endoscopy in patients aged over 80 years. Patients and Methods In this single-centre study, 900 patients underwent capsule...

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Literature Corpus work: f0135b93-bb3f-5a81-b978-e802e0d95a66
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-668519/v1

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