[Conservative treatment of esophageal stenoses with balloon catheters].
A total of 92 dilatations using the balloon-catheter were carried out in 46 patients with oesophageal strictures. Of these 73 were in 36 patients having a benign primary disease, predominantly stenoses following anastomotic operations or with stenoses resulting from reflux oesophagitis. The average relapse-free period after balloon-catheter dilatation was 6.3 times greater than with bougienage. Balloon-catheter dilatation has proved to be a simple and safe procedure that can be applied inexpensively in an outpatient department. It has now become the method of choice in our hospital for the non-operative treatment of strictures of the oesophagus.
D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications
Konservative Behandlung von Osophagusstenosen mit Ballonkatheter.