[Stenting for treatment of scarry stenoses of the esophagus in children].
The article contains results of examination and treatment of 160 children with scarry stenoses of the esophagus. Radical operations were made in 4 children, 4 children were treated by a direct bougieurage, 73 by bougieurage with a thread, in 79 children esophagus stenting was used. Stents of different shape and different methods of their fixation were used. The time of treatment and number of bougieurages in children when stents were used was much less than when only bougieurage was used although the same results were obtained.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome