Endoscopic dilation of a gastric anastomotic stricture.
A stricture developed in a patient two months after undergoind a Billroth I gastroduodenal anastomosis. His mechanical gastric obstruction was relieved by dilation up to 37 F caliber under direct vision using a fiberendoscope. The patient became, and has remained, symptom free. Visualization of the area two months after dilation showed an adequately patent anastomosis.
D000328:Adult; D004106:Dilatation; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005743:Gastrectomy; D020699:Gastroscopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*