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• Long-term outcome of patients treated with double balloon enteroscopy for small bowel vascular lesions.

  Samaha E, Rahmi G, Landi B, Lorenceau-Savale C, Malamut G, Canard JM, Bloch F, Jian R, Chatellier G, Cellier C. Samaha E, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2012 Feb;107(2):240-6. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2011.325. Epub 2011 Sep 27. Am J Gastroenterol. 2012. PMID: 21946281
• Antegrade is more effective than retrograde enteroscopy for evaluation and management of suspected small-bowel disease.

  Sanaka MR, Navaneethan U, Kosuru B, Yerneni H, Lopez R, Vargo JJ. Sanaka MR, et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Aug;10(8):910-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.04.020. Epub 2012 May 18. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012. PMID: 22610006
• Prospective evaluation of the long-term outcomes after deep small-bowel spiral enteroscopy in patients with obscure GI bleeding.

  Williamson JB, Judah JR, Gaidos JK, Collins DP, Wagh MS, Chauhan SS, Zoeb S, Buscaglia JM, Yan H, Hou W, Draganov PV. Williamson JB, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Oct;76(4):771-8. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.05.025. Epub 2012 Jul 7. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012. PMID: 22771101 Clinical Trial.
• SINGLE-01: a randomized, controlled trial comparing the efficacy and depth of insertion of single- and double-balloon enteroscopy by using a novel method to determine insertion depth.

  Efthymiou M, Desmond PV, Brown G, La Nauze R, Kaffes A, Chua TJ, Taylor AC. Efthymiou M, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Nov;76(5):972-80. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.06.033. Epub 2012 Sep 12. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012. PMID: 22980289 Clinical Trial.
• Prospective, randomized, single-center trial comparing double-balloon enteroscopy and spiral enteroscopy in patients with suspected small-bowel disorders.

  Messer I, May A, Manner H, Ell C. Messer I, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013 Feb;77(2):241-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.08.020. Epub 2012 Oct 6. Gastrointest Endosc. 2013. PMID: 23043851 Clinical Trial.