Moeschler O, Mueller MK. Deep enteroscopy - indications, diagnostic yield and complications. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(5): 1385-1393 [PMID: 25663758 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1385]
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Oliver Moeschler, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Marienhospital Osnabrueck, Bischofstr. 1, D49074 Osnabrueck, Germany. oliver.moeschler@mho.de
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 7, 2015; 21(5): 1385-1393 Published online Feb 7, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i5.1385
Deep enteroscopy - indications, diagnostic yield and complications
Oliver Moeschler, Michael Karl Mueller
Oliver Moeschler, Michael Karl Mueller, Department of Gastroenterology, Marienhospital Osnabrueck, D49074 Osnabrueck, Germany
Author contributions: Moeschler O and Mueller MK contributed equally to this work; Moeschler O wrote the paper; and Mueller MK analysed the data.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Oliver Moeschler, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Marienhospital Osnabrueck, Bischofstr. 1, D49074 Osnabrueck, Germany. oliver.moeschler@mho.de
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Received: September 7, 2014 Peer-review started: September 9, 2014 First decision: September 27, 2014 Revised: October 14, 2014 Accepted: December 1, 2014 Article in press: December 1, 2014 Published online: February 7, 2015 Processing time: 154 Days and 23.6 Hours
Abstract
Since its introduction in 2001 capsule endoscopy opened up the small bowel for diagnostic approaches followed by double balloon enteroscopy which enabled the endoscopic community to perform therapeutic interventions in the whole small intestine. In this review the scientific developments related to indications, diagnostic yield and complications of the last years between the competing devices double ballon enteroscopy, single balloon enteroscopy and spiral enteroscopy are illustrated.
Core tip: After the first decade of use deep enteroscopy with double balloon enteroscopy, single balloon enteroscopy and spiral enteroscopy are an important part of the armamentarium of modern endoscopy. The review gives an overview of the available literature concerning diagnostic yield, complications and indications of this promising techniques.
