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  • Title: Spiral enteroscopy--a novel method for the management of small bowel diseases--case report and description of technique.
    Author: Drug VL, Balan G, Sângeap AM, Akbar Q, Mitrică D, Dimofte G.
    Journal: Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi; 2011; 115(1):101-4. PubMed ID: 21682187.
    Abstract:
    Small bowel diseases are associated with difficult management. Recently, new methods such as single or double balloon enteroscopy and capsule endoscopy have been implemented for the investigation of small bowel, but none is perfect. Spiral enteroscopy seems to be an alternative primising technique for the diagnosis and therapy of small bowel diseases. We report two cases in which spiral enetroscopy was useful both for diagnosis and therapy. One was the case of a man with repeated digestive bleeding of unknown cause and spiral enteroscopy helped for diagnosis and treatment with argon plasma coagulation of the vascular lesions. The later was a patient with Gartner Syndrome with multiple duodenal and intestinal polyps and spiral enteroscopy allowed small bowel evaluation. In conclusion, this novel method seems to allow a rapid and efficient diagnosis of small bowel diseases.
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