What is endoscopy with double balloon?

double balloon endoscopy is a procedure used by the doctor to explore the small intestine. During the procedure, a tube with two mounted balloons is inserted through a mouth or rectum. One balloon is connected to a crossing, a tube that contains a small light and the camera used to view the length of the intestine. The second balloon is connected to the top of the endoscope. With this type of procedure, the doctor will not only be able to explore the small intestine of the patient, but he or she will also be capable of biopsy tissue from the intestinal lining and remove tumors or growth.

before the procedure must delay food or drink for eight hours. Treatment of oral laxatives can be prescribed on the day before the procedure to get rid of the intestine of any content. Also, the person should not take Aspirin a few days before the test and he should provide a doctor with a list of all the drugs he currently taking. The patient must arrive at least an hour before the procedure and complete the test usually takes one to three hours. General anesthesia or sedation is given by PACacer, so he will have to contact a friend or family member who is able to drive a person home from the hospital.

During double endoscopy with balloon, otherwise known as enteroscopy push-and-pull, the endoscope progresses through the small intestine by alternating each balloon. Balloons help promote the passage of the scope by anchoring the tube and are also able to straighten the small intestine for better visualization. Double balloon endoscopy is usually performed when abnormalities have been detected during computer tomography (CT) or enteroclysis scanning.

Double balloon endoscopy has been invented in Japan. Before this procedure was available, it was difficult for P difficult to display a full 25 feet (7.62 meters) of the small intestine. Colonoscopy can only go into the length of the small intestine and the endoscopy of the capsule has provided sporadic images from the length of the gastrointestinal tract.

This procedure allows the doctor to treat internal bleeding into the intestine, while other types of endoscope tests do not. Polyps and cancer tissue can also be removed during the double endoscopy of the balloon, and the feed tube is sometimes inserted during the test. In order to prepare for surgery, the doctor may indicate an area that requires attention and prevent invasive searching for the location of the problem that would otherwise be necessary.