Indications and complications of balloon enteroscopy in Southwest of Iran: a 3years cross sectional survey

Introduction: The advent of capsule endoscopy (CE) and balloon-assisted Enteroscopy has changed the diagnosis management small intestine disorders over past decade. purpose this evaluation is to review findings by Balloon in Imam Hospital Ahvaz between 2016 2019. Method: present study a descriptive epidemiological that been conducted using files archives on cross-sectional basis 2019 all cases referred tertiary center perform balloon about their indications any potential complication. A questionnaire containing several sections designed collect following data. Part A: (Basic Information) including age, sex, date type admission. B: (Record previous diseases procedures) general health profile. C: (Enteroscopy Process Findings) D: Results: Overall 42 procedures performed (29 male (69%) 13 female (31%). mean age females (41.96y) was less than males (52.16y). most common reasons for referring Melena with unknown source (8 cases, 19%) abdominal pain (6 14.3%). More half patients (28 67%) were nonsmoker. include peptic ulcer disease (PUD) (12 28.6%), hemorrhage from angiectasia (11 26.2%), erosive gastritis (9 21.4%) bowel stenosis atrophy (7 16.7%). Among complications after Enteroscopy, only reported (2 4.76%). Conclusion: safe procedure useful obscure bleedings origin.