Resumen

HERNANDEZ GARCES, Héctor Rubén; RUENES DOMECH, Caridad  y  LAZO DEL VALLIN, Sacha. First double-baloon oral enteroscopy carried out in Cuba. Rev cubana med [online]. 2012, vol.51, n.1, pp. 87-90. ISSN 0034-7523.

This is the case of a patient came to Digestive Endoscopy Department of the Gastroenterology Institute, who undergoes an oral double-baloon enteroscopy and exploration of whole small bowel, intubation of ileocecal valve via anterograde and of the first centimeters of right colon. There were not complications and procedure was performed in 115 minutes. Until now there was not report in our country of the total exploration of small bowel using this novel technique.

Palabras clave : Double-baloon enteroscopy; ileocecal valve; small bowel.

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