Research Article

Failure Factors to Reach the Blind End Using a Short-Type Single-Balloon Enteroscope for ERCP with Roux-en-Y Reconstruction: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Table 4

Comparison of the rate of reaching the blind end: sSBE vs. sSBE+lSBE.

sSBEsSBE+lSBE value

R-Y with gastrectomy88% (107/122)90% (110/122)0.342
R-Y without gastrectomy60% (21/35)91% (32/35)0.002

R-Y: Roux-en-Y; SBE: single-balloon enteroscope; lSBE: long-type SBE; sSBE: short-type SBE.