Systematic review with meta-analysis: efficacy of balloon-assisted enteroscopy for dilation of small bowel Crohn's disease strictures.

Dominik BettenworthArne BokemeyerLei KouRocio LopezJames F BenaSara El OualiRen MaoSatya KuradaAmit BhattTorsten BeynaBrendan HalloranMatthew ReesonShuhei HosomiMasahiro KishiFumihito HiraiNaoki OhmiyaFlorian Rieders

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2020)

Balloon-assisted enteroscopy for dilatation of CD-associated small intestinal strictures has high short-term technical and clinical efficacy and low complication rates. However, up to two-thirds of patients need re-dilation or surgery.

Keyphrases

small bowel
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
minimally invasive
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
nk cells