Presence of Melena in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding Predicts Bleeding in the Proximal Small Intestine

[1] Hilsman JH(1950)The color of blood-containing feces following the instillation of citrated blood at various levels of the small intestine Gastroenterology 15 131-134

[2] Schiff L(1942)Observations on the oral administration of citrated blood in man AM J Med Sci 203 409-412

[3] Stevens RJ(1964)Appearances of the stools after the introduction of blood into the caecum Gut 5 77-79

[4] Shapiro N(2012)Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy to evaluate melena after a nondiagnostic EGD Gastrointest Endosc 75 819-826

[5] Goodman S(2012)Current status of device-assisted enteroscopy: technical matters, indication, limits and complications World J Gastrointest Endosc 4 453-461

[6] Luke RG(2005)Push-and-pull enteroscopy in the small bowel using the double-balloon technique: results of a prospective European multicenter study Endoscopy 37 613-616

[7] Lees W(2013)Prospective, randomized, single-center trial comparing double-balloon enteroscopy and spiral enteroscopy in patients with suspected small-bowel disorders Gastrointest Endosc 77 241-249

[8] Rudick J(2012)SINGLE-01: a randomized, controlled trial comparing the efficacy and depth of insertion of single- and double-balloon enteroscopy by using a novel method to determine insertion depth Gastrointest Endosc 76 972-980

[9] Etzel JP(2011)Single- vs. double-balloon enteroscopy in small-bowel diagnostics: a randomized multicenter trial Endoscopy 43 472-476

[10] Williams JL(2015)The role of deep enteroscopy in the management of small-bowel disorders Gastrointest Endosc 82 600-607

[1] Hilsman JH(1950)The color of blood-containing feces following the instillation of citrated blood at various levels of the small intestine Gastroenterology 15 131-134

[2] Schiff L(1942)Observations on the oral administration of citrated blood in man AM J Med Sci 203 409-412

[3] Stevens RJ(1964)Appearances of the stools after the introduction of blood into the caecum Gut 5 77-79

[4] Shapiro N(2012)Diagnostic yield of colonoscopy to evaluate melena after a nondiagnostic EGD Gastrointest Endosc 75 819-826

[5] Goodman S(2012)Current status of device-assisted enteroscopy: technical matters, indication, limits and complications World J Gastrointest Endosc 4 453-461

[6] Luke RG(2005)Push-and-pull enteroscopy in the small bowel using the double-balloon technique: results of a prospective European multicenter study Endoscopy 37 613-616

[7] Lees W(2013)Prospective, randomized, single-center trial comparing double-balloon enteroscopy and spiral enteroscopy in patients with suspected small-bowel disorders Gastrointest Endosc 77 241-249

[8] Rudick J(2012)SINGLE-01: a randomized, controlled trial comparing the efficacy and depth of insertion of single- and double-balloon enteroscopy by using a novel method to determine insertion depth Gastrointest Endosc 76 972-980

[9] Etzel JP(2011)Single- vs. double-balloon enteroscopy in small-bowel diagnostics: a randomized multicenter trial Endoscopy 43 472-476

[10] Williams JL(2015)The role of deep enteroscopy in the management of small-bowel disorders Gastrointest Endosc 82 600-607