Initial experience with retrograde overtube-assisted enteroscopy using a spiral tip overtube.
Overtube-assisted enteroscopy has expanded therapeutic options for the small bowel, but the effectiveness of spiral tip overtube-assisted endoscopy for retrograde small bowel evaluation is not known. This retrospective study reviewed the results of retrograde enteroscopy procedures among six consecutive patients. In these patients, cecal retroflexion was necessary to enter the terminal ileum when using an enteroscope, and 40 to 130 cm of the distal small bowel was intubated. The average procedure time was 52 minutes. The procedure was diagnostic in four patients, and successful endoscopic therapy was performed in three patients, including completion of a polypectomy at the ileocecal valve, resolution of a distal intestinal obstruction in a patient with cystic fibrosis, and a small bowel anastomotic stricture release. There were no procedure-related complications. Overtube-assisted enteroscopy with the spiral tip overtube allows for antegrade or retrograde evaluation of the small bowel. Pan-enteroscopy may become possible as the technique and equipment improve. The advantages of the different forms of overtube-assisted enteroscopy (spiral, single, and double balloon) need to be determined.
Lara
Luis F
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Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center (Lara); and Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Singh, Sreenarasimhaiah).
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