Abstract

ANEZ, Marianela; ROMERO, Gisela; RANGEL, Rosa  and  LIZARZABAL, Maribel. Enteroscopia de doble balón reporte preliminar servicio de gastroenterología hospital universitario de Maracaibo-Venezuela. Gen [online]. 2008, vol.62, n.1, pp.34-37. ISSN 0016-3503.

The experience of double balloon enteroscopy in the approach of the small bowel dates from 2001, and few have been the reports in Venezuela. We proposed to investigate our experience of this novel method in the Gastroenterology Service of The University Hospital of Maracaibo „Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and Hepatology Regional Center of Referral‰. Methods: we performed 32 procedures of double balloon enteroscopy 24 anterograde approaches, 8 retrograde approaches and 4 combined approaches. We reviewed the indications, the findings, the therapeutic procedures and the complications. Results: the insertion of the enteroscope beyond the ligament of Treitz, was possible in all of the procedures; the insertion in the ileocecal valve was possible in 62.5%. The entire small bowel was observed in 4 of 32 procedures. There were positive findings in 20 of 32 procedures, 9 vascular malformations and 1 polipectomy. We took 8 biopsies. No complications occurred. Conclusions: Double balloon enteroscopy allows the visualization of the entire small bowel with the possibility of taking biopsies for diagnostic endoscopy treatment purposes, with good tolerance and few complications.

Keywords : endoscopia doble balón; intestino delgado.