Small-Bowel Endoscopy

Introduction

Highlights of endoscopy of the small bowel (enteroscopy) in 2004 - 2005 included the constantly growing use of capsule endoscopy (CE) in everyday practice for patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding [1] [2] [3], patients with Crohn’s disease [4], and in clinical trials [5], on the one hand; and the development of push-and-pull enteroscopy (PPE) on the other [6]. The papers selected for this review reflect these trends.

References

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• 27 May A, Nachbar L, Wardak A. et al . Double-balloon enteroscopy: preliminary experience in patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding or chronic abdominal pain.  Endoscopy. 2003;  35 985-991
• 28 Gay G, Delvaux M, Fassler I. Double-balloon enteroscopy: principle, methodology, results and indications.  Acta Endosc. 2005;  35 317-327
• 29 May A, Nachbar L, Schneider M. et al . Push-and-pull enteroscopy using the double-balloon technique: method of assessing depth of insertion and training of the enteroscopy technique using the Erlangen Endo-Trainer.  Endoscopy. 2005;  37 66-70
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