Double Balloon Enteroscopy Is Highly Effective: The First 100 Cases At St. Mark's Hospital, London

Effective dilation of small-bowel strictures by double-balloon enteroscopy in patients with symptomatic Crohn's disease (with video)

“…In addition, surgically treated patients have an increased likelihood of further episodes of intestinal obstruction because of intra-abdominal adhesions 7 or restricturing at or near anastomotic or stricturoplasty sites, which is more likely to occur in CD. 4 The introduction of double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) has made previously difficult-to-reach parts of the smallbowel accessible to endoscopic therapy, [8][9][10][11][12][13] providing a potential alternative to surgery for CD patients with smallbowel strictures. [14][15][16] We report our experience with DBE-assisted small-bowel stricture dilation in a series of patients with CD referred to our unit.…”