title: [Peptic pyloroduodenal strictures treated by endoscopic balloon dilation and eradication of helicobacter pylori. Results of a prospective study].
abstract: Endoscopic dilatation of pyloro-duodenal peptic stenosis is a safe and efficient procedure that constitutes an alternative choice to surgical management. Our aims is to evaluate efficiency of endoscopic balloon dilatation associated with Helicobacter pylori eradication. During a period of 3 years (January 1999-December 2001). 16 patients were included in this study. Successful endoscopic dilatation was obtained in 15 of them (93, 75%). No severe complications (perforations) happened. All patients were infected by Helicobacter pylori. The mean follow-up was 13 months. Endoscopic balloon dilatation associated with Helicobacter pylori eradication is a safe and efficient treatment of pyloro-duodenal peptic stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gastro-entérologie B, Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis.
authors.forename: Imed
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cheikh
authors.forename: Rim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Younes
authors.forename: Yosra
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Said
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chaabouni
authors.forename: Faouzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chebbi
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Ammar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D004386:Duodenum; D005260:Female; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000379:methods; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011706:Pyloric Antrum; D011707:Pyloric Stenosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*