Double-balloon enteroscopy reliably directs surgical intervention for patients with small intestinal bleeding

Table 1 Summary of diagnostic studies in 56 patients with small intestinal bleeding prior to enteroscopy and surgery

	No. of patients	No. of procedures
Barium enema	29	29
Gastroscopy	56	72
Colonoscopy	52	54
Angiography	9	9
CT	56	63
Tc99m-labeled red blood cells scintigraphy	5	5
Capsule endoscopy	7	7

Table 2 Endoscopic and histological findings in patients undergoing enteroscopy for small bowel bleeding

Endoscopic findings	No. of patients	Histology	No. of patients
Neoplasm	43	Stromal tumor	29
		Adenocarcinoma	7
		Adenoma	2
		Pheochromocytoma	1
		Lymphoma	1
		Hemangioendothelioma	1
		Leiomyosarcoma	1
		Inflammatory polyp	1
Vascular lesion	5	AVM	2
		Hemangiomas	1
		Stromal tumor	1
		Meckel’s diverticulum	1
Meckel’s diverticulum	3	Meckel’s diverticulum	3
Crohn’s disease	1	Ulcer	1
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome	1	Peutz-Jeghers syndrome	1
Polyp	1	Negative
Negative case	2	Stromal tumor	1
		Ulcer	1