Carbon dioxide insufflation improves the intubation depth and total enteroscopy rate in single-balloon enteroscopy: a randomised, controlled, double-blind trial

Conclusions
CO2 insufflation improves the intubation depth and total enteroscopy rate in SBE with a good safety profile and acceptability compared with that of air, and thus is recommended for clinical utilisation.

Trial registration number
ClinicalTrial.gov identifier: NCT01758900.

Source: Gut - September 2, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Li, X., Zhao, Y.-J., Dai, J., Li, X.-B., Xue, H.-B., Zhang, Y., Xiong, G.-S., Ohtsuka, K., Gao, Y.-J., Liu, Q., Song, Y., Fang, J.-Y., Ge, Z.-Z. Tags: Endoscopy Source Type: research