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Novel single-balloon enteroscopy for diagnosis and treatment of the small intestine: preliminary experiences

DOI

310

Citations

0

References

2007

Year

Tomoyuki Tsujikawa, Y Saitoh, Akira Andoh, Hirotsugu Imaeda, Keisuke Hata, H. Minematsu, Kohei Senoh, Kiyoyuki Hayafuji, Atsushi Ogawa, T. Nakahara,
Endoscopy

Abstract

SBE is not only easy to perform, due to the single balloon, but it can also safely examine the deep small intestine. Therefore, SBE may be a useful diagnostic and therapeutic tool in addition to DBE for investigating suspected small bowel disease.