Five years’ experience with capsule endoscopy in a single center

Table 1 Indications and contraindications of capsule endoscopy

Indications	Contraindications
Small bowel	Absolute
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding	Bowel obstruction
Overt GI bleeding	Extensive and active Crohn’s
Occult (positive FOBT)	Disease ± strictures
Evaluation of iron deficiency anemia	Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
Crohn’s disease	Young children (< 10 years)
Suspected Crohn’s disease	Relative
Indeterminate colitis	Cardiac pacemakers
Assessment of mucosal healing	Implanted electromedical
Determine post-operative recurrence	Devices
Abdominal pain	Dysphagia
Graft-versus-host disease	Previous abdominal surgery
Surveillance of polyposis syndromes	Pregnancy
Celiac disease	Diverticulosis
Suspected small bowel tumors
Follow-up of small intestine transplantation
Evaluation of abnormal small bowel imaging
Evaluation of drug induced injury
Esophagus
Barrett esophagus
Esophagitis
Variceal evaluation