Table 1.
Subset of patients who underwent motorized spiral enteroscopy after failed balloon enteroscopy, n (%)
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N = 10
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| Age year; median (range) | 60 (20-81) |
| Gender (female) | 7 (70.0) |
| Indications for enteroscopy | |
| No findings on previous diagnostic tests | 1 (10.0) |
| Findings on videocapsule | 8 (80.0) |
| Findings on other imaging tests | 1 (10.0) |
| Previous enteroscopy | |
| SBE | 8 (80.0) |
| DBE | 1 (10.0) |
| SBE/DBE | 1 (10.0) |
| Upper enteroscopy | 7 (70.0) |
| Lower enteroscopy | 2 (20.0) |
| Both types | 1 (10.0) |
| Previous abdominal surgery | 4 (40.0) |
| Type of enteroscopy | |
| Upper enteroscopy | 5 (50.0) |
| Lower enteroscopy | 4 (40.0) |
| Both types | 1 (10.0) |
| Previous esophageal dilation | 2 (20.0) |
| Technical success rate | 10 (100.0) |
| Total procedure time, min; median (range) | 61.5 (40-150) |
| Max depth of insertion cm; median (range) | 200 (90-350) |
| Diagnostic yield | 9 (90.0) |
| Operative procedure | 9 (90.0) |
| Hemostasis | 1 (10.0) |
| Polypectomy | 3 (30.0) |
| Biopsy | 5 (50.0) |
| Adverse events | 2 (20.0) |
| Final diagnosis | |
| IBD | 3 (30.0) |
| Active bleeding | 2 (20.0) |
| Neoplasia | 2 (20.0) |
| Others | 2 (20.0) |
| Non-diagnostic | 1 (10.0) |
SBE: Single balloon enteroscopy; DBE: Double bowel enteroscopy; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease.