Double-Balloon Enteroscopy in Elderly Patients: Is It Safe and Useful?

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Providers may be hesitant to perform double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) in the elderly because the increased number of co-morbidities in this population poses a greater risk of complications resulting from sedation. There are limited data on the use of DBE in the elderly. Here, we ass...

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Autores principales: Choi, Dae Han, Jeon, Seong Ran, Kim, Jin-Oh, Kim, Hyun Gun, Lee, Tae Hee, Lee, Woong Cheul, Kang, Byung Soo, Cho, Jun-Hyung, Jung, Yunho, Kim, Wan Jung, Ko, Bong Min, Cho, Joo Young, Lee, Joon Seong, Lee, Moon Sung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2014
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4214959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374498
http://dx.doi.org/10.5217/ir.2014.12.4.313

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4214959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374498
http://dx.doi.org/10.5217/ir.2014.12.4.313

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