Small bowel endoscopy for obscure GI bleeding.
Advancements in small bowel endoscopy have revolutionized the investigation and management of obscure GI bleeding. Capsule endoscopy and double balloon endoscopy, followed more recently by single balloon endoscopy and spiral enteroscopy, have progressed into established technologies that have now become integrated within clinical practice. As such, small bowel endoscopy research has matured to focus less on immediate endoscopic findings and ever increasingly on important clinical outcomes with long-term follow-up. The purpose of this paper is to review the role of small bowel endoscopy in obscure GI bleeding, while providing insights that may help guide clinicians in their decision-making.
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, 1-51 Zeidler Ledcor Centre, University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2X8, Canada. teshima@ualberta.ca
Christopher W
CW
Teshima
D053704:Capsule Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D002404:Catheterization; D003657:Decision Making; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small