SG The through-the-scope balloon system consists of a balloon catheter that is placed through the end of a colonoscope and allows the endoscopist to advance deep into the small intestine via the stomach or the colon. The balloon is pushed out in front of the colonoscope, anchored in the small bowel, and inflated. Through a series of balloon inflations and deflations, the colonoscope advances al...

Until recently, large parts of the small bowel were not accessible with nonsurgical endoscopic techniques. In this scenario, the advent of video capsule endoscopy and balloon−assisted ente− roscopy represented a major breakthrough. Although capsule endoscopy is a safe method that may provide imaging of the entire small bowel, major drawbacks are that biopsy sampling and endoscopic treatment can...

A young man was admitted due to gastrointestinal obstruction and was diagnosed as having cocoon peritonitis secondary to perforated appendicitis. He suffered from small intestine partial obstruction because of multiple adhesion bands whose obstructive symptoms completely resolved after single balloon enteroscopy. So balloon enteroscopy could be offered as a therapeutic option for partial small ...

Introduction: The advent of capsule endoscopy (CE) and balloon-assisted Enteroscopy has changed the diagnosis management small intestine disorders over past decade. purpose this evaluation is to review findings by Balloon in Imam Hospital Ahvaz between 2016 2019. Method: present study a descriptive epidemiological that been conducted using files archives on cross-sectional basis 2019 all cases ...

BACKGROUND The double balloon enteroscopy is an important method for the endoscopic approach of the small bowel that provides diagnosis and therapy of this segment's disorders, with low complication rate. AIM Analysis of patients undergoing double balloon enteroscopy. The specific objectives were to establish the indications for this method, evaluate the findings by the double balloon enteros...

BACKGROUND Capsule small bowel transit time (SBTT) is used to select the most effective enteroscopy approach when targeting capsule endoscopy (CE) findings. Aim of this study was to determine if capsule SBTT can be used to guide the choice of enteroscopy technique for reaching CE abnormalities. METHODS Single center, retrospective study involving 60 patients. Data were abstracted from medical...

Background/Aims Studies concerning the efficacy and safety of single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) compared with that of double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) often appear to be conflicting. However, previous studies were performed by endoscopists who were less experienced in SBE compared with DBE. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of SBE and DBE data performed by a single enteroscopist, w...

The diagnosis and opportunity for endoscopic therapy of gastric or duodenal lesions may be missed at esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) because of technical difficulty in intubating at EGD the postoperatively excluded stomach and proximal duodenum in patients status post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB). Two cases are reported of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding 10 or 11 years status post RYG...

Enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma (ETL) is a rare primary intestinal disorder, particularly in Japan, and there have been few reports on the endoscopic findings of the disease. Here we report detailed endoscopic findings of ETL based on double-balloon enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy. Double-balloon enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy may be useful tools for diagnosing and monitoring the effects ...