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Complications: Prevention and Management

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Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is a non invasive and very safe procedure. Nevertheless, the knowledge of VCE-related complications allows a careful patient selection and a risk minimization. In addition possible VCE complications, such as capsule retention or aspiration, should be carefully explained to the patient during procedure counseling in order to obtain a fully informed consent.

The work was first published in 2006 by Springer Medizin Verlag Heidelberg with the following title: Atlas of Video Capsule Endoscopy.

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  1. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Valduce Hospital, Como, Italy

    Emanuele Rondonotti

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Fernando J. Martinez & Jamie Barkin

  3. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    Gérard Gay

  4. Southern Gastroenterology Specialists, Locust Grove, GA, USA

    Michael W. Cheng

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Rondonotti, E., Martinez, F.J., Barkin, J., Gay, G., Cheng, M.W. (2014). Complications: Prevention and Management. In: Keuchel, M., Hagenmüller, F., Tajiri, H. (eds) Video Capsule Endoscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44062-9_40

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