The difficult dilation: a method for dilation of severe esophageal strictures in children.
Occasionally severe esophageal strictures will develop in children that will not allow the passage of standard Jackson or bougie dilators. These small strictures can be successfully treated using a standard intubating laryngoscope for visualization and Rush urethral Filiform dilators.
Gianoli
G J
GJ
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121.
Guarisco
J L
JL
Falterman
K W
KW
D002648:Child; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*