Table 4.

Key studies on the role of wireless capsule endoscopy on pouchitis patients

Patient group	Ref.	No. of patients	WCE findings/(n)	CD reclassification
UC (IPAA)	Calabrese et al[61]	16	15/(15)	None
UC (IPAA)	Mehdizadeh et al[62]	21	7/(21)	7
UC (IPAA)	Long et al[35]	23	13/(23)	3

UC: Ulcerative colitis; IPAA: Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis; WCE findings: Number of patients with findings on WCE; WCE (n): Total number of patients who had undergone WCE; CD: Crohn’s disease; WCE: Wireless capsule endoscopy.