Research Article

Diagnostic Value and Safety of Emergency Single-Balloon Enteroscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Table 7

Diagnostic findings of emergency and nonemergency single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) in relation to the insertion route.

Emergency SBENonemergency SBE
Oral ()Anal ()Oral ()Anal ()

Positive12 (80.0)27 (77.1)#10 (45.5)15 (50.0)
Suspected positive2 (13.3)4 (11.4)4 (18.2)5 (16.7)
Negative1 (6.7)4 (11.4)8 (36.4)10 (33.3)

Data are expressed in number (%). , compared with nonemergency single-balloon enteroscopy via the oral route. #, compared with nonemergency single-balloon enteroscopy via the anal route.