Retrieval of retained wireless capsule endoscope from the ileum by means of push-and-pull enteroscopy using the double-balloon technique (double-balloon enteroscopy) in a patient with Crohn´s disease
2006
Abstract
Push-and-pull enteroscopy using the double-balloon technique (double-balloon enteroscopy) enables investigation of the entire small intestine in most cases. We describe a technical note showing in a 51-year-old man with Crohn's disease that double-balloon enteroscopy can be easily used to retrieve a retained wireless capsule endoscope from the ileum and thus prevent the patient from having to undergo surgery to remove the capsule.