Examining the whole bowel, double balloon enteroscopy：Indications, diagnostic yield and complications

• 作者: Erkin Oztas Fatih Saygili Saba Mukaddes Saygili
• 来源期刊: 世界胃肠内镜杂志：英文版（电子版）
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: ENDOSCOPY SMALL BOWEL DOUBLE balloonenteroscopy
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（3）
• 页码范围: 247-252
• 页数: 6页
• 分类号: R

摘要

Double balloon enteroscopy （DBE） is an advanced typeof endoscopic procedure which brings the advantage ofreaching the whole small bowel using anterograde orthe retrograde route. This procedure is both diagnosticand interventional for a variety of small intestinaldiseases, such as vascular lesions, tumors, polypsand involvement of inflammatory bowel diseases.Main indication is the diagnosis and treatment ofmid-gastrointestinal bleeding according to the recentpublished data all over the world. The complicationrates seem to be higher than conventional proceduresbut growing experience is lowering them and improvingthe procedure to be safe and well tolerated. Thisreview is about the technique, indications, diagnosticimportance and complications of DBE according to theliterature growing since 2001.