A spiraling journey into the small bowel: a case series of novel motorized power spiral enteroscopies.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The small bowel has, to date, remained a difficult area to access via endoscopy. The novel motorized power spiral enteroscopy, recently introduced, has more depth of insertion and is of shorter duration. Presented here is a case series of motorized spiral enteroscopies.

Methods

Motorized spiral enteroscopy is indicated for patients requiring deep enteroscopy (eg, for a diagnosis of obscure GI bleeding, suspected inflammatory bowel disorder) and for therapeutic interventions, such as polypectomy, hemostasis, or stricture dilatation. It is contraindicated in patients who are not eligible for general anesthesia, with perforation, or with coagulopathy and in the pediatric population. The contraindications for the anterograde route are gastroesophageal varices

SUBMITTER: Prasad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7652715 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature