Capsule retention in case of small bowel stenoses caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS): What to do?

Introduction: Results so far suggest that damage to the small bowel mucosa in patients permanently taking NSAIDs is a frequent side effect. Lesions may cause manifest or obscure bleeding, abdominal pain, obstruction or perforation. Based on small bowel capsule examinations carried out so far, the capsule is most frequently retained in patients permanently taking NSAIDs, in Crohn's disease or due to small bowel tumors, radiation enteritis and after previous abdominal surgery.