BACKGROUND: As human longevity continues to increase, age-related diseases are more common, which leads to a higher use of gastroenterology services. Endoscopic procedures are generally considered to be of higher risk in the elderly with multiple comorbidities. However, some endoscopic techniques have already been proved to be well tolerated in the elderly. SUMMARY: <underline></underline>Enteroscopy enables the nonsurgical diagnosis and therapeutic management of a wide variety of small bowel diseases. Although it has been shown to be safe and effective, with high diagnostic yield and therapeutic success rate in the general population, its safety and efficacy in the elderly is largely unknown, and there are still some concerns about its use in these patients. KEY MESSAGES: This review will focus on enteroscopy in elderly people, taking into account patient and procedure characteristics, indications, findings, yield, and complication rate.
BACKGROUND: As human longevity continues to increase, age-related diseases are more common, which leads to a higher use of gastroenterology services. Endoscopic procedures are generally considered to be of higher risk in the elderly with multiple comorbidities. However, some endoscopic techniques have already been proved to be well tolerated in the elderly. SUMMARY: <underline></underline>Enteroscopy enables the nonsurgical diagnosis and therapeutic management of a wide variety of small bowel diseases. Although it has been shown to be safe and effective, with high diagnostic yield and therapeutic success rate in the general population, its safety and efficacy in the elderly is largely unknown, and there are still some concerns about its use in these patients. KEY MESSAGES: This review will focus on enteroscopy in elderly people, taking into account patient and procedure characteristics, indications, findings, yield, and complication rate.
Authors: Waqar A Qureshi; Marc J Zuckerman; Douglas G Adler; Raquel E Davila; James V Egan; S Ian Gan; David R Lichtenstein; Elizabeth Rajan; Bo Shen; Robert D Fanelli; Trina Van Guilder; Todd H Baron Journal: Gastrointest Endosc Date: 2006-04 Impact factor: 9.427
Authors: Andrea May; Michael Färber; Insa Aschmoneit; Jürgen Pohl; Hendrik Manner; Erich Lotterer; Oliver Möschler; Johannes Kunz; Liebwin Gossner; Klaus Mönkemüller; Christian Ell Journal: Am J Gastroenterol Date: 2010-01-05 Impact factor: 10.864
Authors: Zhang Tao; G X Liu; L Cai; H Yu; X J Min; H T Gan; K Yang; Li Sq; J Yan; L Chen; Q H Tan; J C Wu; X L Huang Journal: Medicine (Baltimore) Date: 2015-10 Impact factor: 1.817