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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2013; 19(29): 4726-4731
Published online Aug 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i29.4726
Comparison of double balloon enteroscopy in adults and children
Odul Egritas Gurkan, Tarkan Karakan, Ibrahim Dogan, Buket Dalgic, Selahattin Unal
Odul Egritas Gurkan, Buket Dalgic, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, 06500 Ankara, Turkey
Tarkan Karakan, Ibrahim Dogan, Selahattin Unal, Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, 06500 Ankara, Turkey
Author contributions: Gurkan OE designed the study; Gurkan OE, Karakan T and Dogan I acquired, collected and elaborated the data; Gurkan OE and Karakan T wrote the article; Gurkan OE, Karakan T and Dogan I performed enteroscopies; Dalgic B and Unal S drafted the article and revised it critically for important intellectual content; Karakan T revised and approved the final version.
Correspondence to: Tarkan Karakan, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, TR-06510 Besevler, 06500 Ankara, Turkey. tkarakan@gmail.com
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Received: January 12, 2013
Revised: April 18, 2013
Accepted: May 9, 2013
Published online: August 7, 2013
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Core Tip

Core tip: Small bowel diseases are encountered frequently in adults and children. For diagnosing small bowel disease, endoscopy, barium series, ultrasound, and computed tomography methods were used before advanced techniques such as capsule endoscopy and double balloon enteroscopy (DBE). Many centers began to use DBE widely in adults and children. Interventional procedures of DBE in children are also as safe as in adult patients. Although a small number of children were included in the present study, this is believed to be the first comparison of DBE in adult and pediatric patients.