Open AccessDouble-balloon enteroscopy for mesenchymal tumors of small bowel: Nine years’ experience
Author(s) -
Qiong He,
Yang Bai,
Fachao Zhi,
Wei Gong,
Huijie Gu,
Zhimin Xu,
Jianqun Cai,
De-Shou Pan,
Bo Jiang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v19.i11.1820
Subject(s) - medicine , capsule endoscopy , double balloon enteroscopy , enteroscopy , leiomyoma , retrospective cohort study , radiology , mcnemar's test , gist , endoscopy , abdominal pain , biopsy , stromal tumor , surgery , stromal cell , statistics , mathematics
To assess the value of double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors (GIMTs) in the small bowel and clarify their clinical and endoscopic characteristics.