SynthesisWorld journal of gastroenterology2017
Double-balloon enteroscopy-assisted dilatation avoids surgery for small bowel strictures: A systematic review.
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- Indication, Location of the Lesion, Diagnostic Yield, and Therapeutic Yield of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy: Seventeen Years of Experience.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Long-term treatment of an ischemic jejunal stricture: Is stenting a viable option?VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2022Article
- Current and Emerging Approaches to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Crohn's Disease Strictures.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022Article
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- Novel case of percutaneous access of afferent limb of Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy for biliary decompression and jejunoplasty in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis.Radiology case reports · 2020Article
- Small Bowel Enteroscopy - A Joint Clinical Guideline from the Spanish and Portuguese Small Bowel Study Groups.GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology · 2020Article
- Fluoroscopic balloon dilation for early jejunojejunostomy obstruction after gastrectomy with roux-en-Y reconstruction: a case series of three patients.Surgical case reports · 2020Article
- Impact of therapeutic drug level monitoring on outcomes of patients with Crohn's disease treated with Infliximab: real world data from a retrospective single centre cohort study.Frontline gastroenterology · 2019Article
- Clinical outcomes of endoscopic balloon dilatation of intestinal strictures in patients with Crohn's disease.Medicine · 2019Article
- Experience with Balloon Dilatation in Crohn's and Non-Crohn's Benign Small-Bowel Strictures: Is There a Difference?Gastroenterology research and practice · 2019Article
- The Utility of Magnetic Resonance Enterography and Double Balloon Enteroscopy-Assisted Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation for Small Bowel Strictures in Crohn's Disease: A Retrospective Observational Study.Inflammatory intestinal diseasesArticle
- The role of small-bowel endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease: an updated review on the state-of-the-art in 2021.Annals of gastroenterologyReview
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the therapeutic role of double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in small bowel strictures and to propose a standard approach to small bowel strictures.
methodsSystematic review of studies involving DBE in patients with small bowel strictures. Only studies limited to small bowel strictures were included and those with ileo-colonic strictures were excluded.
resultsIn total 13 studies were included, in which 310 patients were dilated. The average follow-up time was 31.8 mo per patient. The complication rate was 4.8% per patient and 2.6% per dilatation. Surgery was avoided in 80% of patients. After the first dilatation, 46% were treated with re-dilatation and only 17% required surgery.
conclusionDBE-assisted dilatation avoids surgery in 80% of patients with small bowel strictures and is safe and effective. We propose a standardized approach to small bowel strictures.
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