Table 1.
Enteroscopy device specifications.
| Specifications |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteroscopes | Scope working length (cm) | Scope diameter (mm) | Channel diameter (mm) | Overtube length (cm) | Overtube diameter (mm) | Potential advantages |
| SBE (Olympus, Tokyo, Japan, SIF-Q180) | 200 | 9.2 | 2.8 | 140 | 13.2 | Ease of use |
| DBE (Fujinon, Tokyo, Fujifilm, Japan, EN-450PS/20 | 200 | 8.5 | 2.2 | 145 | 12.2 | Flexibility |
| DBE (Fujinon, Tokyo, Fujifilm, Japan, EN-450T5) | 200 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 145 | 13.2 | Depth of insertion |
| DBE (Fujinon, Tokyo, Fujifilm, Japan, EC-450BI5) | 152 | 9.4 | 2.8 | 105 | 13.2 | ERCP |
| Pentax VSB-3430K | 220 | 11.6 | 3.8 | Any instrument | ||
| SE Spirus medical (Stoughton, MA, USA), discovery SB | * | * | * | 118 | 16 | Shorter examination time |
*
Either the Fujinon DBE enteroscope or the Olympus SBE enteroscope can be used to perform SE with a SE overtube.
DBE, double-balloon enteroscopy; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; SB, small bowel; SBE, single balloon enteroscopy; SE, spiral enteroscopy.