Advances in endoscopy including spiral enteroscopy [1] have transformed the management of small-bowel diseases, and published data have demonstrated this to be a safe procedure [2–8]. We report the first case, related to spiral enteroscopy, of hematoperitoneum in a 62-year-oldwoman. Our patient presented to the emergency room with a 3-day history of melena. Her past medical history was signific...

endotracheal tube (ett) cuff herniation is a rare, and often difficult to diagnose, cause of bronchial obstruction. we present a case of outside cuff herniation of an endotracheal tube that caused pulmonary right lung atelectasis. a 29-year-old man ,a case of car accident with multiple fractures, was admitted to the emergency ward and transferred to the operating room(or) for open reduction and...

Recently, spiral enteroscopy (SE) has been promoted as an alternative technique to obtain deep access into the small bowel. Using this technique, one may assess the distal small bowel mucosal alterations or monitor the developing of complications in celiac disease (CD) patients. Thus, SE value derives from the possibility of tissue sampling and consequently, modifying further the patient’s mana...

In the past six years, 37 patients with gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin had their bleeding sites localised preoperatively or intraoperatively. Preoperative investigations followed a regime consisting of endoscopy, barium meal and follow through, small bowel enema, 99mTc pertechnetate scan, 99mTc-labelled red blood cell scan and selective coeliac and mesenteric angiography. Bleeding ...

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...

An 84-year-old man with a history of hepatocellular carcinoma treated by transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and percutaneous ethanol injection therapy 2 years previously was admitted with jaundice. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) showed a tumor invading the bifurcation of the common bile duct with bilateral intrahepatic duct dilatation (●" Fig.1). Endoscopic retrograde ...

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 ...

INTRODUCTION Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of small bowel conditions is a challenging area for gastroenterologists. Until recently, it was not possible to access most of the small bowel using endoscopic techniques without concomitant surgery. Capsule endoscopy and balloon-assisted enteroscopy thus represent decisive breakthroughs in this field. Capsule endoscopy allows endoscopic visualiza...