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Table 1 Original regimen of PCCE-2 plus DBE examinations

From: Diagnostic yield of colon capsule endoscopy for Crohn’s disease lesions in the whole gastrointestinal tract

Day

Time

Procedure

Day 1

Daytime

DBE oral approach

Before bedtime

2 senna tablets and PC

Day 2

Before bedtime

Magnesium citrate 50 g (180 ml): hypertonic method

2 senna tablets

Day 3

8:30

1.0 L PEG and patency confirmation

10:00

Capsule ingestion with mosapride citrate 20 mg

1st boost (when the PCCE-2 reaches the small intestine)

A mixture of PEG 1000 ml and water 1000 ml

Castor oil 30 ml

2nd boost

Sodium picosulfate 48 mg Castor oil 30 ml

3rd boost

Magnesium citrate 50 g (900 ml): isotonic method

(after the excretion of PCCE-2)

DBE anal approach

  1. PCCE-2 the second-generation PillCam colon capsule endoscopy, DBE double-balloon endoscopy, PC patency capsule, PEG polyethylene glycol