Utility of single and double balloon endoscopy in patients with difficult colonoscopy: A randomized controlled trial

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2013; 19(29): 4732-4736
Published online Aug 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i29.4732

Table 1 Baseline of characteristics of the study patients n (%)

	SBC group (n = 11)	DBC group (n = 10)	P value
Male/female	7/4	6/4	0.99¹
Age (yr)	71.7 ± 8.0	71.5 ± 7.8	0.94²
BMI (kg/m²)	22.3 ± 4.4	22.6 ± 3.3	0.87²
Past history of abdominal surgery	4 (36)	2 (20)	0.64¹

¹Fisher’s exact test;

²Student’s t-test. All variables are means ± SD. SBC: Single-balloon colonoscopy; DBC: Double-balloon colonoscopy; BMI: Body mass index.

Citation: Yamada A, Watabe H, Takano N, Togo G, Yamaji Y, Yoshida H, Kawabe T, Omata M, Koike K. Utility of single and double balloon endoscopy in patients with difficult colonoscopy: A randomized controlled trial. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(29): 4732-4736
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i29/4732.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i29.4732