Open AccessEfficacy and safety of water-exchange enteroscopy compared to carbon dioxide insufflation during enteroscopy
Author(s) -
Gerardo BlancoVelasco,
Raúl Antonio Zamarripa-Mottú,
Roberto Soria-Rodríguez,
O.M. Solórzano-Pineda,
Juan Manuel Blancas Valencia,
Enrique Murcio-Pérez,
Oscar V. Hernández Mondragón
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6788/2019
Subject(s) - medicine , enteroscopy , insufflation , carbon dioxide , anesthesia , endoscopy , surgery , ecology , biology
carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation during enteroscopy reduces procedure time and subsequent symptoms and increases the insertion depth compared with room air. In colonoscopy, the water-exchange (WE) technique is associated with less pain compared with CO2 insufflation. The WE technique is not well studied in enteroscopy. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of enteroscopy with WE and CO2.