Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Aug 16, 2025; 17(8): 107867
Published online Aug 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i8.107867
Single balloon enteroscopy in the elderly
Marc J Zuckerman, Majd Michael, Mohammad Bashashati, Alok K Dwivedi, Nancy A Casner, Mohamed O Othman, Sherif E Elhanafi
Marc J Zuckerman, Majd Michael, Nancy A Casner, Sherif E Elhanafi, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, United States
Mohammad Bashashati, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States
Alok K Dwivedi, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, United States
Mohamed O Othman, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Author contributions: Zuckerman MJ contributed to concept and design and was the study supervisor and guarantor; Zuckerman MJ, Michael M, Bashashati M, Dwivedi AK, Casner NA, and Elhanafi SE contributed to acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; Zuckerman MJ, Michael M, Bashashati M, Casner NA, Elhanafi SE, and Othman MO were involved in critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; and all authors reviewed and approved the final submitted manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, approval No. E14078.
Informed consent statement: Written informed consent was obtained from the patients before enteroscopy.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at marc.zuckerman@ttuhsc.edu upon reasonable request, if approved by TTUHSC El Paso IRB.
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Corresponding author: Marc J Zuckerman, MD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 4800 Alberta Drive, El Paso, TX 79905, United States. marc.zuckerman@ttuhsc.edu
Received: March 30, 2025
Revised: May 9, 2025
Accepted: June 26, 2025
Published online: August 16, 2025
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) is a minimally invasive procedure to evaluate and treat small bowel pathology. The safety and feasibility of SBE for elderly patients are not well established. This study found that SBE has higher diagnostic and therapeutic yields in the elderly than in the other age groups, mainly due to the increased finding of small bowel angioectasias.