title: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Capability of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Clinical Practice.
abstract: Advances in technology have facilitated the common use of small-bowel imaging. Intraoperative enteroscopy was the gold standard method for small-bowel imaging. However, noninvasive capsule endoscopy and invasive balloon enteroscopy are currently the main endoscopic procedures that are routinely used for small-bowel pathologies, and the indications for both techniques are similar. Although obstruction is a contraindication for capsule endoscopy, it is not considered to be problematic for double-balloon enteroscopy. The most important advantage of double-balloon enteroscopy is the applicability of therapeutic interventions during the procedure; however, double-balloon enteroscopy has certain advantages as well as disadvantages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Educational and Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Akyuz
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akyuz
keywords: Double-balloon enteroscopy; Small bowel