Meeting Abstracts

Program and Abstracts from the Canadian Digestive Diseases Week 2016

Table 18

Procedural characteristics for patients with small bowel Crohn’s disease undergoing balloon-assisted enteroscopy.

CharacteristicTotal ()

Route
 Anal85.3% (58)
 Oral14.7% (10)
Procedures Involving Dilations42.6% (29)
Number of Dilations66
Mean Dilation Diameter (mm)16.4
Failed or Non-Traversable Dilations20.5% (14)
Other Intervention (clip or polyp removal)5.9% (4)
Physician Recommendation
 Surgery16.2% (11)
 Follow-Up BAE36.8% (25)
 Other Imaging (CTE, VCE, MRE)20.6% (14)
 Medication Escalation35.3% (24)
 Medication Maintenance64.7% (44)
Complications2.9% (2)