TABLE 2.

Indications for small bowel endoscopy

Accepted indications	Indications under investigation
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding	Crohn’s disease
Small bowel tumours	Refractory celiac disease
Polyposis syndromes (eg, Peutz-Jeghers, Familial adenomatous polyposis)	Therapeutic colonoscopy (eg, esophagastroduodenoscopy, difficult polypectomy)
Abnormal findings on capsule endoscopy or radiology	Small bowel confocal endomicroscopy or endoscopic ultrasound with miniprobe
Removal of foreign bodies from the small intestine (eg, retained capsule)	Small bowel obstruction (diagnosis and treatment)
Dilation of small bowel stenoses	Percutaneous jejunostomy insertion
Access to pancreaticobiliary system or excluded stomach in altered postsurgical anatomy	Use in pediatrics
Incomplete or difficult colonoscopy