Examining the whole bowel, double balloon enteroscopy: Indications, diagnostic yield and complications

Table 1 Indications and Interventions in double balloon enteroscopy

Indications	Therapeutic interventions
Mid-gastrointestinal bleeding	Endoscopic hemostatic therapies
	Injection sclerotherapy
	Argon plasma coagulation
	Endoscopic hemostatic clip application
Abnormal findings in other examinations	Diagnosis and therapy
Polyps of the small bowel (e.g., polyposis syndromes)	Endoscopic polypectomy
Crohn's diseases	Diagnostic sampling
Diagnosis, complications	Balloon dilatation for strictures
Foreign body ingestion	Foreign body removal
Small bowel tumors	Diagnostic sampling
	Self-expanding stents for obstruction
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography in surgically altered anatomy	Diagnosis
	Stone extraction
	Dilatation
	Stenting
Incomplete colonoscopy due to technical difficulty	Complete colonoscopy