Publication Name	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Manuscript ID	107867
Country	United States

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Cohort Study
Article Title	Single balloon enteroscopy in the elderly
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Marc J Zuckerman, Majd Michael, Mohammad Bashashati, Alok K Dwivedi, Nancy A Casner, Mohamed O Othman and Sherif E Elhanafi
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Marc J Zuckerman, MD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 4800 Alberta Drive, El Paso, TX 79905, United States. marc.zuckerman@ttuhsc.edu
Key Words	Enteroscopy; Elderly; Small bowel; Gastrointestinal bleed; Iron deficiency anemia
Core Tip	Single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) is a minimally invasive procedure to evaluate and treat small bowel pathology. The safety and feasibility of SBE for elderly patients are not well established. This study found that SBE has higher diagnostic and therapeutic yields in the elderly than in the other age groups, mainly due to the increased finding of small bowel angioectasias.
Citation	Zuckerman MJ, Michael M, Bashashati M, Dwivedi AK, Casner NA, Othman MO, Elhanafi SE. Single balloon enteroscopy in the elderly. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2025; In press

Received	2025-03-30 04:11
Peer-Review Started	2025-03-30 04:11
To Make the First Decision
Return for Revision	2025-04-11 09:55
Revised	2025-05-09 23:44
Second Decision	2025-06-26 02:38
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2025-06-26 07:45
Articles in Press	2025-06-26 07:45
Publication Fee Transferred	2025-05-13 00:59
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript

ISSN	1948-5190 (online)
Open Access	This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Copyright	© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Permissions	For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/207
Publisher	Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Website	http://www.wjgnet.com