Table 3.
Diagnostic Yield of Small Intestinal Diseases in the DBE and SBE Groups
| Enteroscopic finding | Any indication | Obscure GI bleeding | ||||
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| DBE group (n=73) | SBE group (n=65) | p-value | DBE group (n=43) | SBE group (n=31) | p-value | |
| Significant finding | 49 (67.1) | 42 (64.6) | 0.857 | 24 (55.8) | 18 (58.1) | 1.000 |
| Inflammatory lesion | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Vascular lesion | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Neoplastic lesion | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Lesions in stomach, duodenum, or colon | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Diverticular lesion | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Other lesion | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Negative finding | 24 (32.9) | 24 (36.9) | 19 (44.2) | 13 (41.9) | ||
Data are presented number (%).
DBE, double-balloon enteroscopy; SBE, single-balloon enteroscopy; GI, gastrointestinal.