SynthesisGut and liver2021
Technical and Clinical Aspects of Diagnostic Single-Balloon Enteroscopy in the First Decade of Use: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Risk factors of incomplete balloon-assisted enteroscopy with an analysis of 943 patients: a retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Motorized spiral enteroscopy: A cautious step forward in technological innovation.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2024Article
- Rebleeding Rate and Risk Factors for Rebleeding after Device-Assisted Enteroscopy in Patients with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A KASID Multicenter Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Achieving Total Enteroscopy by Consecutive Bidirectional Double-balloon Enteroscopy Procedures.Current medical science · 2022Article
- The Role and Research Progress of Inhibitor of Differentiation 1 in Atherosclerosis.DNA and cell biology · 2022Review
- Endoscopic Therapy of Small Bowel Polyps by Single-Balloon Enteroscopy in Patients with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome.International journal of clinical practice · 2022Observational
- Causes and Clinical Characteristics of Small Bowel Bleeding in Northern Vietnam.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
aimsSingle-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) has been widely used in diagnosing small bowel disease. We conducted this study to systematically appraise its technical and clinical performance.
methodsStudies on SBE published by September 2018 were systematically searched. Technical and clinical performance data were collected and analyzed with descriptive or meta-analysis methods.
resultsIn total, 54 articles incorporating 4,592 patients (6,036 procedures) were included. Regarding technical parameters, the pooled insertion depths (IDs) for anterograde and retrograde SBE were 209.2 cm and 98.1 cm, respectively. The pooled retrograde ID in Asian countries was significantly greater than that in Western countries (129.0 cm vs 81.1 cm, p<0.001). The pooled anterograde and retrograde procedure times were 57.6 minutes and 65.1 minutes, respectively. The total enteroscopy rate was 21.9%, with no significant difference between Asian and Western countries. Clinically, the pooled diagnostic yield of SBE was 62.3%. Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) was the most common indication (50.0%), with a diagnostic yield of 59.5%. Vascular lesions were the most common findings in Western OGIB patients (76.9%) but not in Asian ones (31.0%). The rates of severe and mild adverse events were 0.5% and 2.5%, respectively.
conclusionsSBE is technically efficient and is clinically effective and safe, but total enteroscopy is relatively difficult to achieve with this technique. Etiologies of OGIB in Asian countries differ from those in Western countries.
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