Small bowel enteroscopy in undiagnosed gastrointestinal blood loss.
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Small bowel enteroscopy in undiagnosed gastrointestinal blood loss.
Sixty five of 70 consecutive patients with undiagnosed gastrointestinal blood loss were examined using the new technique of small bowel enteroscopy. Using a balloon driven sonde enteroscope (SIF-SW) extended views of the small bowel were obtained as far as the distal ileum. Medium length of small bowel examined was 140 cm (range (30-200 cm). All patients studied had a normal upper gastrointesti...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.33.7.887