Gastric transit and small intestinal transit time and motility assessed by a magnet tracking system

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 1 Gastric transit and small intestinal transit times obtained using the magnet-PillCam unit and the magnetic pill in eight subjects

Subject ID	Magnet-PillCam unit				Magnetic pill alone
	PillCam		MTS-1		MTS-1
	Gastric transit (min)	Small intestinal transit (min)	Gastric transit (min)	Small intestinal transit (min)	Gastric transit (min)	Small intestinal transit (min)
1	127	-	133	-	73	402
2	29	241	30	241	53	251
3	19	292	20	284-294	4	260
4	60	307	60	255	52	-
5	7	275	5	276	48	292
6	55	209	53	209	17	261
7	107	245	107	245	23	-
8	60	398	59	398	18	241
Median	57.5	275	56	255	35.5	260.5

The magnet-PillCam unit was ingested during fast and a meal was given after four hours. In subject number four, ileocecal passage took place during a ten minutes break. Ileocecal passage determined with capsule endoscopy took place after eight minutes into the break, and error of 8 min was used for comparison with the PillCam. In three of sixteen investigations, ileocecal passage did not occur during the eight hour protocol.

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