Bleeding Meckel’s Diverticulum in Children: The Diagnostic Value of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients who underwent retrograde double-balloon enteroscopy for Meckel’s diverticulum.

Case number	Age (y)/sex	Symptoms/course of disease	The lowest Hb (g/dl)	Prior examinations
1	7/M	Recurrent GI bleeding/3 years	6.0	Tc-99 scan, 3 times; Abdominal US; Upper endoscopy; Colonoscopy; GI barium meal; Capsule endoscopy; CT scan
2	10/F	Recurrent GI bleeding/3 months	5.6	Tc-99 scan, 1 time; Abdominal US; Upper endoscopy; Colonoscopy; CT scan
3	6/M	Recurrent GI bleeding/1 month	6.3	Tc-99 scan, 2 times; Abdominal US; Upper endoscopy; Colonoscopy; Capsule endoscopy; CT scan
4	12/M	Recurrent GI bleeding/7 months	10.6	Tc-99 scan, 1 time; Abdominal US; Upper endoscopy; Colonoscopy; Capsule endoscopy; CT scan
5	11/M	GI bleeding/4 days	5.1	Tc-99 scan, 2 times; Abdominal US; Upper endoscopy
6	8/M	Recurrent GI bleeding/1 year	5.8	Tc-99 scan, 1 time; Abdominal US; Upper endoscopy; Colonoscopy; CT scan