Response:

We read with interest the correspondence from van de Bruaene et al1 in response to our meta-analysis2 on rebleeding rates after negative results of small-bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) for small-bowel bleeding (SBB; previously OGIB). We would like to thank them for the information they provided.3,4 The authors mention that in the long term (>2 years), their patients had a high rate of rebleeding of 34%; however, it is interesting to note that most of those patients had a bleeding source outside the small bowel.

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