Table 3 Summary of the number of analysed cases and types of diagnosed diseases in clinical publications published in 2014

Laurain A. [82]

Recurrent oesophageal varices

Capsule adequately classified 77.5 % of the patients for prophylaxis indication

Jeon S. [83]

Cirrhosis patients with portal hypertension

The prevalence of PHE was 40 %. Comparing the PHE and non-PHE groups, the most common findings were angiodysplasias in 55.7 % and varices in 38.9 %. Active bleeding was observed in 16.6 and 3.7 %, respectively

Farnbacher M. [84]

Colorectal polyps

At a 30 % QV (QuickView) setting, the QV video presented 89 % of the significant polyps and 86 % of any polyps with ≥1 frame (per-polyp analysis) identified in NM before. At a 10 % QV setting, 98 % of the 52 patients with significant polyps could be identified (per-patient analysis) by QV video analysis

Ou G. [85]

Impact of chewing gum

Chewing gum did not have any significant effect on gastric transit time (rate ratio 1.06; p = 0.75), small-bowel transit time (rate ratio 0.91; p = 0.65), or completion rate of capsule endoscopies

Triantafyllou K. [86]

Complementing incomplete colonoscopy

One-third of the patients underwent capsule endoscopies immediately after colonoscopy

Oliva S. [87]

Small bowel cleansing by capsule endoscopy addressed in children

It supported the use of 25 ml/kg of polyethylene glycol solution plus 20 ml (376 mg) of oral simethicone as the preparation of choice for capsule endoscopy