ArticleBMC gastroenterology2023
Evaluation of symptomatic small bowel stricture in Crohn's disease by double-balloon endoscopy.
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- Stricturing Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract-Current Clinical Practice.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Review
- Toward eliminating missed important findings in fibrostenosing Crohn's disease at CT and MR enterography.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- [Value of small bowel stenosis in CrohnZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025Article
- Unveiling the superior diagnostic efficacy of double-balloon endoscopy compared to small intestine dual-energy CT enterography in small bowel Crohn's disease.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeTo assess the efficacy of double-balloon endoscopy (DBE) for the detection of small-bowel strictures in Crohn's disease (CD).
methodsThis tertiary-referral hospital cohort study was conducted between January 2018 and May 2022. CD patients with symptoms of small-bowel stricture were enrolled sequentially. All of the patients were subjected to both computed tomography enterography (CTE) and DBE, and their symptoms of stricture were assessed using the Crohn's Disease Obstructive Score (CDOS). The diagnostic yield of DBE was compared to that of CTE, and the relationship between the DBE findings and CDOS was investigated. The factors influencing the DBE diagnosis were examined using Cox regression analysis.
resultsThis study included 165 CD patients. The CDOS scores were higher in 95 patients and lower in 70 patients. DBE detected 92.7% (153/165) and CTE detected 85.5% (141/165) of the strictures. The DBE diagnostic yields were 94.7% (90/95) in the high CDOS patients and 91.4% (64/70) in the low CDOS patients (P = 0.13). Patients with a history of abdominal surgery and abscess had a lower diagnosis rate in the multivariate analysis.
conclusionDBE has been demonstrated to be an efficient diagnostic method for detecting small bowel strictures in CD patients. Additionally, there was no difference in the diagnostic yields between patients with low and high obstructive scores.
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