title: Dilation of difficult strictures of the esophagus.
abstract: In managing difficult esophageal strictures not amenable to the usual methods of dilation, a technique of fluoroscopic placement of a guide wire followed by controlled gradual dilation of the stricture has been described. The method is fully explained and is easily performed by a team of endoscopists-radiologists. Since this article was submitted, six additional patients have been dilated by the authors. In each, a stent was used to maintain patency of the strictured lumen.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography