Oral purgative and simethicone before small bowel capsule endoscopy

Figure 1 Small bowel cleansing classification. A: Excellent: perfect visualization in every small bowel segments; B: Good: > 75% of the mucosa in perfect condition, with some fluid or debris remaining; C: Fair: 50%-75% of clean mucosa, with the presence of enough fluid, bubbles or debris to preclude a completely reliable examination; D: Poor: < 50% of clean mucosa.

Figure 2 Small bowel cleansing among different groups. The number of patients with adequate cleansing of the small intestine, corresponding to excellent or good classification, was 5 (25%) in Group A, 5 (27.8%) in Group B and 4 (21.1%) in Group C (P = 0.892).