title: Clinical Practice Guideline for Enteroscopy.
abstract: Management of small bowel diseases has evolved since the advent of capsule endoscopy (CE) and balloon-assisted enteroscopy (BAE). One of the most common indications for enteroscopy is obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB), followed by small bowel stenosis, tumors, and inflammatory bowel disease. Although enteroscopes have been regarded as useful tools, correct guidelines are required to ensure that we manipulate these enteroscopes safely and efficiently in clinical practice. Herein, the Japanese Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society has developed 'Clinical Practice Guidelines for Enteroscopy' in collaboration with the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, the Japanese Gastroenterological Association, and the Japanese Association for Capsule Endoscopy. These guidelines are based on the evidence available until now, but small bowel endoscopy is a relatively new technology, so the guidelines include recommendations based on a consensus reached among experts when the evidence has not been considered sufficient. These guidelines were not designed to be disease-based, but focus on how we should use small bowel CE and BAE in everyday clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3601-1153
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.|Japanese Society of Gastroenterology.
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.|Japanese Gastroenterological Association.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.|Japanese Association for Capsule Endoscopy.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7651-402X
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohmiya
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.|Japanese Gastroenterological Association.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.affiliation: Japanese Society of Gastroenterology.|Japanese Association for Capsule Endoscopy.
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.|Japanese Association for Capsule Endoscopy.
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0160-432X
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.|Japanese Gastroenterological Association.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.|Japanese Society of Gastroenterology.
authors.forename: Kazuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.|Japanese Society of Gastroenterology.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.
authors.forename: Kazuma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
mesh_terms: D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection
keywords: balloon-assisted endoscopy; obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; patency capsule; small bowel capsule endoscopy; small bowel disease