Fifty-five patients (25 women; mean age = 65.6 years; range: 28—82 years) were examined with push enteroscopy for investigation of obscure GI bleeding of an occult-obscure ( n = 34) and overt-obscure ...

Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) can be defined as bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract that persists or recurs without an obvious etiology after initial endoscopic and radiologic ...

A cost-effectiveness analysis shows that an initial double-balloon enteroscopy is a cost-effective approach for patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. However, capsule-directed DBE, which is ...

Dear B.E.: The word “lesion” is a Latin word for “injury.” In medical parlance, it means pretty much anything that is abnormal. While it is true that doctors will use the term “lesion” to describe ...

The small bowel is difficult to visualize owing to its inaccessibility; the diagnosis and treatment of small-bowel diseases is, therefore, difficult. Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) has been ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am having a “push endoscope,” or forced endoscope, tomorrow. They said they found a lesion in a CT scan and want to look into it further. Is “lesion” a fancy name for cancer? — B.E.

Introduction: Although enteroscopy has been increasingly used to investigate occult or obscure bleeding, little is known about its impact on patient management. The aim of the present paper was to ...

STANFORD, Calif., Nov. 26 -- For patients with difficult-to-detect gastrointestinal bleeding, an initial double-balloon enteroscopy is a cost-effective approach for diagnosis and treatment, ...