Table 5.
Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed during DAE. Only one technique is reported per procedure. In some cases, more than one technique has been used – for instance, in procedures where polypectomy has been performed, injection and tattooing could also have been used
| Procedures | DBE | SBE | SE | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None/tattooing | 461 | 130 | 4 | 595 |
| Only biopsies | 271 | 109 | – | 380 |
| Hemostatic/ablative therapies | 235 | 64 | 1 | 300 |
| • Argon plasma coagulation | 210 | 57 | 1 | 268 |
| • Only adrenaline injection | 20 | 2 | – | 22 |
| • Hemostatic clips | 5 | 5 | – | 10 |
| Polypectomy | 72 | 24 | – | 96 |
| Balloon dilation | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| Foreign body removal | 9 | 5 | – | 14 |
| DPEJ | – | 8 | – | 8 |
| Stenting | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 1054 | 351 | 6 | 1411 |
DAE: device-assisted enteroscopy; SBE: single-balloon enteroscopy; SE: spiral enteroscopy; DPEJ: direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy.