Open AccessNon-small-bowel lesions encountered during double-balloon enteroscopy performed for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
Author(s) -
HoiPoh Tee,
Arthur J. Kaffes
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v16.i15.1885
Subject(s) - medicine , enteroscopy , double balloon enteroscopy , colonoscopy , incidence (geometry) , capsule endoscopy , endoscopy , lesion , retrospective cohort study , gastrointestinal bleeding , gastroenterology , surgery , radiology , colorectal cancer , physics , cancer , optics
To report the incidence of non-small-bowel bleeding pathologies encountered during double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) procedures and to analyse their significance.