Internal Medicine: Open Access
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ISSN: 2165-8048
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ISSN: 2165-8048
+44 1300 500008
Department of Health Science Center, Yangtze University of Health Science Center, Jingzhou, China
Review Article
Double Balloon Enteroscopy in Small Bowel Submucosal Tumor Diagnosis: A Short Narrative Review
Author(s): Isaac Kumi Adu* and Haifeng Zhang
Recently, Double Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE) has become a routine procedure in clinical practice for evaluation of
small bowel diseases. Various population studies of DBE have reported the indications, diagnostic yields, therapeutic
value and complication rates for small bowel diseases. Compare to other endoscopic technology that allows for the
visualization of the small intestine, DBE has the advantage of having diagnostic biopsy and therapeutic procedures
carried out at the same time for small intestinal lesions. Although the small bowel is a rare site for neoplasia,
accounting for a little over 3% of the tumors that arise in the digestive tract. Benign lesions in small bowels are
precursors to malignant lesions. We aimed to review the diagnostic yield and safety of DBE in small bowel tumors... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2165-8048.22.12.001