double-balloon enteroscopy
push-and-pull enteroscopy

Double-balloon enteroscopy has found a niche application in the following settings:

Double-balloon enteroscopy, an endoscopic technique for visualization of the small bowel.

Small bowel endoscopy can also be performed by double-balloon enteroscopy through intubation of the ileocecal valve.

Double-balloon enteroscopy offers a number of advantages to other small bowel image techniques, including barium imaging, wireless capsule endoscopy and push enteroscopy:

The key disadvantage of double-balloon enteroscopy is the time required to visualize the small bowel; this can exceed three hours, and may require that patients be admitted to hospital for the procedure.

Angiodysplasiae in the small bowel can also be diagnosed and treated with double-balloon enteroscopy, a technique involving a long endoscopic camera and overtube, both fitted with balloons, that allow the bowel to be accordioned over the camera.

Double-balloon enteroscopy, also known as push-and-pull enteroscopy is an endoscopic technique for visualization of the small bowel.