Double-balloon endoscopy (DBE) is a new device that allows diagnosis and treatment throughout the entire small intestine. Although the originally described method requires two operators, the investigators have recently developed a method to perform DBE by a single operator. The investigators here assessed the clinical usefulness of this one-person method in comparison to the conventional two-person DBE.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
80
Single-operator double-balloon endoscopy
dual-operator double-balloon endoscopy
Shanghai changzheng Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
completion whether the complete enteroscopy is achieved?
The completion rate for examination of the entire small intestine
Time frame: 2 hours
lesion-discovery
lesion-discovery rate
Time frame: 2 hours
observation time
Time frame: 2 hours
Number of Participants with Adverse Events
Time frame: 2 days
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