Diagnostic and Therapeutic Capability of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Clinical Practice.
- Author:
Umit AKYUZ
1
;
Filiz AKYUZ
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Double-balloon enteroscopy; Small bowel
- MeSH: Capsule Endoscopy; Double-Balloon Enteroscopy*; Pathology
- From:Clinical Endoscopy 2016;49(2):157-160
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Advances in technology have facilitated the common use of small-bowel imaging. Intraoperative enteroscopy was the gold standard method for small-bowel imaging. However, noninvasive capsule endoscopy and invasive balloon enteroscopy are currently the main endoscopic procedures that are routinely used for small-bowel pathologies, and the indications for both techniques are similar. Although obstruction is a contraindication for capsule endoscopy, it is not considered to be problematic for double-balloon enteroscopy. The most important advantage of double-balloon enteroscopy is the applicability of therapeutic interventions during the procedure; however, double-balloon enteroscopy has certain advantages as well as disadvantages.
