title: Sharp recanalization of a short esophageal occluding stricture in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although esophageal strictures caused by epidermolysis bullosa are often treated with balloon dilations, complete obstruction has few effective therapies except esophagectomy with colonic replacement.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Resolution of esophageal obstructive lesion without surgical intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional radiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  Epidermolysis bullosa with esophageal stricture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Endoscopic- and guidewire-guided sharp recanalization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Radiologic evidence of stricture resolution.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful recanalization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Experience of operators (anesthesiologist, endoscopist, interventional radiologist).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sharp recanalization of a complete stricture in patients with epidermolysis bullosa is feasible in a controlled setting.
authors.affiliation: Section of Interventional Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: Melvin B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Heyman
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarrinpar
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kerlan
authors.forename: Jeanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: LaBerge
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwass
authors.forename: Roy L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009339:Needles; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation