Small Bowel Enteroscopy: All You Need To Know

Enteroscopy is the word used to describe the procedure of using an endoscope for the visualisation of the small intestine. It uses a long, thin flexible tube with a camera attached to it. It is also called double balloon enteroscopy and it allows for better visualisation of the intestine which is not possible with the conventional endoscope. It does so by alternatively deflating and inflating the balloons thereby pleating the small intestine over the tube like a curtain, providing access to the small intestine…