Table 1.

Cases in which DBE was used to try and retrieve foreign bodies (our series)

Patient’s age	Gender	Foreign body	Baseline disease	Location	BAE route	Results	Removal device	Alternative Approach
17	F	CE	Crohn’s disease	Ileum	Anal→Oral	Success	snare forceps
38	M	CE	Crohn’s disease	Ileum	Anal→Oral	Success	snare forceps
76	M	CE	NSAIDs injury	Ileum	Anal→Oral	Success	snare forceps
67	M	CE	small bowel anastomosis	Ileum	Anal→Oral	Success	snare forceps
80	M	CE	NSAIDs injury	Ileum	Anal→Oral	Success	snare forceps
64	F	CE	Malignant lymphoma	Ileum	Oral	Success	snare forceps
79	F	CE	Malignant lymphoma	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	snare forceps
55	M	CE	small bowel cancer	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	snare forceps
33	M	CE	Crohn’s disease	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	snare forceps
73	F	CE	Ischemic enteritis	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	snare forceps
83	F	CE	small bowel anastomosis	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	snare forceps
35	M	CE	Crohn’s disease	Ileum	Oral→Anal	failed		Surgery
78	F	denture	none	Ileum	Anal	Success	biopsy forceps
64	F	denture	none	Jejuunm	Anal→Oral	failed		Surgery
62	M	denture	none	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	biopsy forceps
58	M	medical tube	post-biliary surgery	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	biopsy forceps
50	M	medical tube	post-biliary surgery	Jejuunm	Oral	failed		PTBD
29	F	medical tube	post-biliary surgery	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	biopsy forceps
25	F	Worm	Worm	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	Gastrografin injection
61	M	Worm	Worm	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	Gastrografin injection
74	F	PTP	none	Ileum	Anal	Success	water injection
70	M	stone	small bowel anastomosis	Jejuunm	Oral	Success	net forceps

CE: capsule endoscopy, PTP: press-through package of medicine, PTBD: percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage