TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance of double-balloon enteroscopy for the management of small bowel polyps in hamartomatous polyposis syndromes
AU - Gorospe, Emmanuel C.
AU - Alexander, Jeffrey A.
AU - Bruining, David H.
AU - Rajan, Elizabeth
AU - Wong Kee Song, Louis Michel
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Background and Aim: Hamartomatous polyposis syndromes (HPS) are a group of rare inherited autosomal dominant disorders. Small bowel polyposis is one of the manifestations of HPS. Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) with polypectomy may obviate repeated small bowel surgeries for polyp intussusception, obstruction, or bleeding. The efficacy and safety of DBE-assisted polypectomy in HPS patients with clinically significant small bowel polyposis were evaluated. Methods: All HPS patients who underwent DBE from January 2007 to April 2011 were identified using a prospectively maintained database. Data on patient demographics, pre-DBE radiological studies, polyp characteristics, procedural outcomes, and complications were abstracted. Results: Twenty-two patients underwent a total of 34 DBE procedures. Pre-DBE imaging included computed tomography enterography (n=15), computed tomography enteroclysis (n=5), small bowel follow-through (n=1), and magnetic resonance enterography (n=1). Any small bowel polyp ≥1cm in size on radiological imaging was referred for DBE-assisted polypectomy. Antegrade and retrograde DBE were successful in reaching and resecting targeted polyps in 90% (18/20) and 71.4% (10/14) of procedures, respectively. The overall success rate for DBE-assisted polypectomy was 82.3% (95% confidence interval: 66.5-91.6%). The median size of resected polyps was 2cm (range 1-5cm) and all were hamartomas. Minor adverse events occurred in four (11.8%) procedures, including abdominal pain (n=2), immediate post-polypectomy bleeding (n=1), and self-limited hematochezia (n=1). Conclusions: DBE-assisted polypectomy was successful in over 80% of HPS patients with an acceptable margin of safety. To the knowledge of the authors, this is one of the largest single-center studies to report on the performance and safety of DBE-assisted polypectomy in HPS patients.
AB - Background and Aim: Hamartomatous polyposis syndromes (HPS) are a group of rare inherited autosomal dominant disorders. Small bowel polyposis is one of the manifestations of HPS. Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) with polypectomy may obviate repeated small bowel surgeries for polyp intussusception, obstruction, or bleeding. The efficacy and safety of DBE-assisted polypectomy in HPS patients with clinically significant small bowel polyposis were evaluated. Methods: All HPS patients who underwent DBE from January 2007 to April 2011 were identified using a prospectively maintained database. Data on patient demographics, pre-DBE radiological studies, polyp characteristics, procedural outcomes, and complications were abstracted. Results: Twenty-two patients underwent a total of 34 DBE procedures. Pre-DBE imaging included computed tomography enterography (n=15), computed tomography enteroclysis (n=5), small bowel follow-through (n=1), and magnetic resonance enterography (n=1). Any small bowel polyp ≥1cm in size on radiological imaging was referred for DBE-assisted polypectomy. Antegrade and retrograde DBE were successful in reaching and resecting targeted polyps in 90% (18/20) and 71.4% (10/14) of procedures, respectively. The overall success rate for DBE-assisted polypectomy was 82.3% (95% confidence interval: 66.5-91.6%). The median size of resected polyps was 2cm (range 1-5cm) and all were hamartomas. Minor adverse events occurred in four (11.8%) procedures, including abdominal pain (n=2), immediate post-polypectomy bleeding (n=1), and self-limited hematochezia (n=1). Conclusions: DBE-assisted polypectomy was successful in over 80% of HPS patients with an acceptable margin of safety. To the knowledge of the authors, this is one of the largest single-center studies to report on the performance and safety of DBE-assisted polypectomy in HPS patients.
KW - Cowden syndrome
KW - Double-balloon enteroscopy
KW - Hamartomatous polyps
KW - Juvenile polyposis
KW - Peutz-Jegher's syndrome
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U2 - 10.1111/jgh.12058
DO - 10.1111/jgh.12058
M3 - Article
C2 - 23190124
AN - SCOPUS:84872785796
SN - 0815-9319
VL - 28
SP - 268
EP - 273
JO - Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)
JF - Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)
IS - 2
ER -