Table 3.
MSE results in patients with and without prior abdominal surgery
| Intestinal surgery | Other abdominal surgery | No previous abdominal surgery | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 16 | n = 43 | n = 77 | ||
| Males | 10 (62.5%) | 11 (25.6%) | 52 (67.5%) | < 0.001 |
| Age | 71 (47–75) | 66 (59–767 | 65 (57–72) | 0.606 |
| BMI | 26 (23–28) | 26 (23–32) | 27 (23–30) | 0.619 |
| Obesity | 0 | 15 (34.9%) | 17 (22.1%) | 0.017 |
| Oral route | 8 (50%) | 25 (58.1%) | 41 (53.2%) | 0.815 |
| ASA III | 7 (43.8%) | 13 (30.2%) | 15 (19.5%) | 0.235 |
| Technical success | 15 (93.8%) | 38 (88.4%) | 71 (92.2%) | 0.721 |
| Diagnostic Yield | 9 (56.3%) | 27 (62.8%) | 55 (71.4%) | 0.394 |
| SBIT | 38 (30–50) | 38 (29–50) | 29 (19–42) | 0.014 |
| TPT | 66 (49–101) | 70 (55–89) | 55 (44–71) | 0.005 |
| DMI | 189 (25–315) | 374 (221–565) | 204 (106–424) | 0.024 |
| Complete enteroscopy | 0 | 9 (15.3%) | 7 (9.1%) | 0.269 |
| Interventional yield | 8 (50%) | 29 (67.4%) | 55 (71.4%) | 0.249 |
| Therapeutic yield | 5 (31.3%) | 20 (46.5%) | 30 (39%) | 0.525 |
| AE | 2 (12.5%) | 5 (11.6%) | 7(9.1%) | 0.866 |
| Indications | 0.714 | |||
| SB bleeding | 13 (81.3%) | 28 (65.1%) | 57 (74%) | |
| Abdominal pain | 2 (12.5%) | 7 (16.3%) | 12 (15.6%) | |
| Chronic diarrhea | 0 | 3 (7%) | 4 (5.2%) | |
| Others | 1 (6.3%) | 5 (11.3%) | 4 (5.2%) |
Values are expressed as number (percentage) or median (interquartile range)
AE adverse event, ASA American Society of Anaesthesiology, BMI body mass index, DMI depth of maximum insertion, SB small bowel, SBIT small bowel insertion time, TPT total procedure time