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Small-Bowel Diagnosis in Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: Comparison of Push Enteroscopy, Capsule Endoscopy, Ileoscopy, and Enteroclysis
2009
BACKGROUND: Conventional upper endoscopy (EGD), EGD with side-view endoscope and ileoscopy are established procedures for endoscopic evaluation of patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). However, we still have little data on the frequency and relevance of adenomas in those parts of the small bowel which are not accessible to EGD and ileoscopy. Adenomas distal to the duodenum are found more often in FAP patients with known duodenal adenomas. The question is, whether these patients can benefit from additional endoscopic and/or radiographic examinations. METHODS: Between July 2001 and August 2006 we performed comparative small bowel studies with push enteroscopy (PE), capsule endos…
Prospective comparison of push enteroscopy and push-and-pull enteroscopy in patients with suspected small-bowel bleeding.
2006
BACKGROUND The management of patients with suspected mid-gastrointestinal bleeding has in the past been AND AIMS: difficult, as push enteroscopy (PE) only allows limited endoscopic access for diagnosis and treatment. Recently published uncontrolled data on push-and-pull enteroscopy (PPE) using the double-balloon technique suggest that this new method has a high diagnostic yield and therapeutic efficacy. A prospective controlled study was therefore carried out to compare PPE with PE as the common nonsurgical gold standard method. METHODS: The diagnostic yield, complications, and various examination parameters were compared in 52 consecutive patients with suspected mid-gastrointestinal bleedi…