Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of Benign Esophageal Stricture—A Nonhazardous Procedure?

Balloon dilatation of benign esophageal strictures has been widely used since its introduction. We have performed 224 dilatation procedures in 52 patients. Dilatation was done as an outpatient procedure. Strictures were due to reflux esophagitis in 25 patients, anastomatic stenosis in 6, achalasia i...

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Autores principales: Ekberg, Olle, Borgström, Anders, Fork, Frans-Thomas, Lövdahl, Eje
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1994
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/DTE.1.93
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author Ekberg, Olle
Borgström, Anders
Fork, Frans-Thomas
Lövdahl, Eje
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description Balloon dilatation of benign esophageal strictures has been widely used since its introduction. We have performed 224 dilatation procedures in 52 patients. Dilatation was done as an outpatient procedure. Strictures were due to reflux esophagitis in 25 patients, anastomatic stenosis in 6, achalasia in 5, complications of sclerotherapy in 5, corrosive lesions in 3, and long-standing nasogastric intubation in 2. The cause was unknown in 6 cases. The intention was to dilate all strictures up to 20 mm. Three major complications occurred, and one of these patients died. The risk of perforation seems to be higher after repeated procedures than during the first one.
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spelling pubmed-23624672008-05-20 Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of Benign Esophageal Stricture—A Nonhazardous Procedure? Ekberg, Olle Borgström, Anders Fork, Frans-Thomas Lövdahl, Eje Diagn Ther Endosc Research Article Balloon dilatation of benign esophageal strictures has been widely used since its introduction. We have performed 224 dilatation procedures in 52 patients. Dilatation was done as an outpatient procedure. Strictures were due to reflux esophagitis in 25 patients, anastomatic stenosis in 6, achalasia in 5, complications of sclerotherapy in 5, corrosive lesions in 3, and long-standing nasogastric intubation in 2. The cause was unknown in 6 cases. The intention was to dilate all strictures up to 20 mm. Three major complications occurred, and one of these patients died. The risk of perforation seems to be higher after repeated procedures than during the first one. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1994 /pmc/articles/PMC2362467/ /pubmed/18493348 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/DTE.1.93 Text en Copyright © 1994 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of Benign Esophageal Stricture—A Nonhazardous Procedure?
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title_full Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of Benign Esophageal Stricture—A Nonhazardous Procedure?
title_fullStr Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of Benign Esophageal Stricture—A Nonhazardous Procedure?
title_full_unstemmed Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of Benign Esophageal Stricture—A Nonhazardous Procedure?
title_short Endoscopic Balloon Dilatation of Benign Esophageal Stricture—A Nonhazardous Procedure?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2362467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/DTE.1.93
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