Research Article
Diagnostic Value and Safety of Emergency Single-Balloon Enteroscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Table 1
Characteristics of patients who received single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) procedures.
| | Emergency () | Nonemergency () | Total () |
| | Gender | | Male | 27 (54.0) | 19 (36.5) | 46 (45.1) | | Female | 23 (46.0) | 33 (63.5) | 56 (54.9) | | Age | | <60 years old | 18 (36.0) | 13 (25.0) | 31 (30.4) | | ≥60 years old | 32 (64.0) | 39 (75.0) | 71 (69.6) | | Anesthesia/sedation | | General anesthesia | 31 (62.0) | 35 (67.3) | 66 (64.7) | | Conscious sedation | 19 (38.0) | 17 (32.7) | 36 (35.3) | | Insertion route | | Oral | 15 (30.0) | 22 (42.3) | 37 (36.3) | | Anal | 35 (70.0) | 30 (57.7) | 65 (63.7) | | Endoscopic findings | | Positive | 38 (76.0) | 28 (53.8) | 66 (64.7) | | Ulcer | 12 (24.0) | 8 (15.4) | 20 (19.6) | | Jejunum | 4 | 2 | | | Ileum | 6 | 4 | | | Colon | 2 | 2 | | | Tumor | 9 (18.0) | 8 (15.4) | 17 (16.7) | | Jejunal lymphoma | 1 | 0 | | | Jejunal malignant stromal tumor (low degree) | 3 | 1 | | | Jejunal malignant stromal tumor (high degree) | 2 | 0 | | | End-colon cancer | 1 | 0 | | | Colon adenocarcinoma | 2 | 4 | | | Jejunal leiomyoma | 0 | 1 | | | End ileal carcinoid | 0 | 1 | | | Rectal carcinoid | 0 | 1 | | | Vascular malformation | 9 (18.0) | 6 (11.5) | 15 (14.7) | | Polyp | 5 (10.0) | 5 (9.6) | 10 (9.8) | | Stale hemorrhage | 2 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.0) | | Hemangioma | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | | Parasite | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.0) | | Suspected positive | 6 (12.0) | 5 (9.6) | 11 (10.8) | | Nonspecific inflammation | 3 (6.0) | 2 (3.8) | 5 (4.9) | | Intestinal focal erosion | 1 (2.0) | 2 (3.8) | 3 (3.0) | | Diverticulum (no bleeding tendency) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (2.0) | | Swelling (no bleeding tendency) | 1 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.0) | | Negative | 6 (12.0) | 19 (36.5) | 25 (24.5) |
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Data are expressed in number (%). , compared with nonemergency single-balloon enteroscopy. |
