Research Article

The Diagnostic Yields and Safety of Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Incomplete Small Bowel Obstruction: Comparison between the Adults and Elderly

Table 4

Postoperative complications of DBE in adults and elderly patients.

Adults ( (%))Elderly ( (%))

Abdominal pain19 (2.6)6 (4.1)0.357
Abdominal distention17 (2.3)6 (4.1)0.260
Diarrhea22 (3.0)4 (6.8)0.835
Nausea28 (3.8)7 (4.7)0.615
Bleeding2 (0.3)0 (0.0)0.426
Perforation0 (0.0)1 (0.7)0.169