Timing of single balloon enteroscopy: significant or not?

Timing of single balloon enteroscopy: significant or not?

BACKGROUND The development of balloon assisted enteroscopy (BAE) has revolutionized diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for small-bowel disorders. Although the role of emergent esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy for upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding is well defined, there is scarce data with regard to emergent BAE for gastrointestinal bleeding. STUDY We performed a retrospec...

Balloon-assisted enteroscopy using a single-balloon technique.

teroscopy system (Olympus Medical Systems Europa GmbH, Hamburg, Ger− many; l" Fig. 1) consists of a high−resolu− tion endoscope (XSIF−Q160Y) with a working length of 200 cm, and an outer diameter of 9.2 mm, and a flexible over− tube (XST−BY3A; l" Fig. 2) with a working length of 132 cm and an outer diameter of 13.2 mm. A latex−free balloon is only attached at the tip of the single−use sili− con...

Does Single Balloon Enteroscopy Have Similar Efficacy and Endoscopic Performance Compared with Double Balloon Enteroscopy?

Efficacy and Safety of Single-Balloon Versus Double-Balloon Enteroscopy: A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis

BACKGROUND Single-balloon endoscopy (SBE) has been introduced as a simplified endoscopy technique after the promotion of double-balloon endoscopy (DBE). The difference in clinical performance between DBE and SBE is still not very clear. In this study, we aimed to compare the efficacy and safety between these 2 endoscopic procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 173 patients with suspected sm...

Characteristics of Small Intestinal Diseases on Single-Balloon Enteroscopy

The small intestine has been considered inaccessible for a long term. The development of single-balloon endoscopy has greatly improved the diagnosis and treatment possibilities for small intestinal diseases.In this study, we aimed to explore the demographic characteristics and small intestinal diseases of patients who underwent single-balloon enteroscopy between 2009 and 2014 at our endoscopy c...