Enteroscopy in children and adults with inflammatory bowel disease

Table 1 Technical characteristics of the currently available device-assisted endoscopes

Company	DAE system type	Endoscope model	Optical field of view	Optical depth of field	Endoscope distal outer diameter	Endoscope channel inner diameter	Endoscope working length	Overtube outer diameter	Image enhancement
Fujifilm Corporation (Tokyo, Japan)	DBE	EN-580T	140	2-100 mm	9, 4 mm	3, 2 mm	200 cm	13, 2 mm	FICE
	DBE	EN-580XP	140	2-100 mm	7, 5 mm	2, 2 mm	200 cm	11, 6 mm	FICE
	DBE	EI-580BT	140	2-100 mm	9, 4 mm	3, 2 mm	156 cm	13, 2 mm	FICE
Pentax Medical (Tokyo, Japan)	DBE on demand using BGE	G-EYE34-i10L/F	140	2-100 mm	11, 5 mm	3, 8 mm	170 cm	NA	i-scan OE
	DBE on demand using BGE	G-EYE38-i10L/F	140	2-100 mm	13, 2 mm	3, 8 mm	170 cm	NA	i-scan OE
	DBE on demand using BGE	G-EYE38-i10F2	140	2-100 mm	13, 2 mm	3, 8 mm	150 cm	NA	i-scan OE
Olympus (Tokyo, Japan)	SBE	SIF-Q180	140	3-100 mm	9, 2 mm	2, 8 mm	200 cm	13, 2 mm	NBI
	SBE	SIFH290S	140	3-100 mm	9, 2 mm	3, 2 mm	152 cm	13, 2 mm	NBI
	SE	SIF-Y0019 Motorized spiral overtube	140	2-100 mm	11, 3 mm	3, 2 mm	168 cm	31, 1 mm max1;18, 1 mm distal2	NBI
NaviAid, Smart Medical Systems, (Ra’anana, Israel)	BGE	No specific scope required	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Spirus Medical (Stoughton, United States)	SE	No specific scope required	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	14, 5 mm	NA

¹Maximum outer diameter.

²Distal outer diameter. DAE: Device assisted enteroscopy; DBE: Double balloon enteroscopy; SBE: Single balloon enteroscopy; BGE: Balloon guided enterosopy; SE: Spiral enteroscopy; NA: Not applicable; NBI: Narrow band imaging; FICE: Flexible spectral imaging color enhancement; OE: Optical enhancement.