Modern treatment of oesophageal strictures.
The results of 185 dilatations of oesophageal strictures with the rigid oesophagoscope are reported. The complication rate was 6%, which included five perforations (2.7%), and one death. The new technique of Eder-Puestow wire-guided dilatation was used in 20 cases without complication. These results, together with other reported experience of Eder-Puestow dilatation, suggest that this technique is superior to that of rigid dilatation on the grounds both of safety and of cost.
D000368:Aged; D004106:Dilatation; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods