Abstract:Objective?To analyze the feasibility and the diagnostic yield of double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) examinations for small bowel bleeding (SBB).?Methods?A retrospective analysis was conducted on 52 cases with small bowel bleeding between June 2015 and July 2016,and all was treated with DBE. therapeutic outcome, complications and follow-up were compared.?Results?The study included 52 patients (28 males and 24 females) with an average age of (51.0 ± 17.0) years (16 ~ 82 years) and onset time (8.3 ± 4.0) days (1 ~ 14 days) . 25 using oral route and 21 using the anal route, 1 using the colon fistula route, a combination of using oral and anal (n = 4).The bleeding source was identified in 40 of 52 patients (76.9%), complication rate was 5.8% (3/52), and rebleeding rate was 16.7% (2/12). The endoscopic treatments included polypectomies (n = 5), argon plasma coagulation (APC, n = 2), surgical treatment (n = 14, 26.9%), and foreign-body extraction (n = 1). Patients were diagnosed with the following: tumors (n = 9, 17.3%), ulcers (n = 9, 17.3%), Crohn’s disease (n = 7, 13.5%), polyps (n = 5, 9.6%), diverticulum (n = 4, 7.7%). Patients with small bowel bleeding were followed up for a mean period of (8.3±2.0) months (range 4 ~ 10 months), 2 deaths were dying from small bowel cancer.?Conclusions?DBE is a safe endoscopic technique for patients with small bowel bleeding and can be safely carried out even after Roux-en-Y operation. Tumors, ulcers and Crohn’s disease are very common causes of SBB. The rebleeding rate after a negative DBE is considerable, especially small bowel vascular lesions.