Small-Bowel diseases requiring enteroscopy for diagnosis or interventions. The majority are vascular disease with bleeding.
Conditions
Interventions
Performing enteroscopy using the motorized powerspiral for diagnosis and management of small bowel disease. For example, dilatations of stenosis or performing endotherapy for bleeding lesions. In addi
Sponsors
St Antonious hospital, Postbus 2500, 3430 EM, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age above 18 years 2. Patients with suspected small-bowel pathology indicated for diagnostic and/or therapeutic enteroscopy based on clinical presentation, small-bowel imaging, or video capsule enteroscopy 3. Written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Contraindications for endoscopy because of comorbidities 2. Unable to provide written informed consent 3. Patients with known severe gastro-intestinal tract inflammation, intestinal obstruction, gastroesophageal varices or eosinophilic esophagitis that preclude a safe enteroscopy procedure 4. Coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia that could not be corrected by blood product transfusion 5. Pregnant patients 6. Health status: American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class >3 7. Inability to tolerate Propofol sedation or general anesthesia for any reason
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
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| The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy in terms of diagnostic and therapeutic yield of PSE in patients undergoing enteroscopy by both antegrade and/or retrograde approaches for suspected small-bowel disease. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary objectives were to evaluate the total enteroscopy rate, technical success, procedural time, depth of maximum insertion, performance in patients with altered GI anatomy and adverse events. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactAbdulbaqi Al-Toma
St Antonious hospital, Postbus 2500, 3430 EM, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed