title: A technique for endoscopic balloon dilatation of pyloric stenoses.
abstract: A technique facilitating the endoscopic dilatation of pyloric stenoses due to peptic ulcer disease is described. By means of a Dormia basket placed in the 3rd part of the duodenum a guide wire is obtained with the aid of which the balloon catheter can be positioned. Four patients thus treated are described. Short-term follow-up has been uneventful.
mesh_terms: D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*