Balloon catheter dilatation of malignant esophageal stricture.
In tight esophageal strictures, the surgical methods of dilatation occasionally become difficult or impossible. This case report illustrates the use of a guidewire and balloon catheter in traversing and dilating a narrowed esophageal lumen under fluoroscopic control. The channel of the stricture was off-center and so did not permit endoscopic placement for dilatation. This technique enabled subsequent passage of an Eder-Puestow guidewire with redilatation and insertion of an Atkinson feeding tube.
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000379:methods*; D010166:Palliative Care