Cutting balloon treatment for recurrent benign bronchial strictures.
OBJECTIVE
Benign airway strictures refractory to balloon dilatation or stent placement remain a challenge in interventional radiology. This article describes the successful use of a cutting balloon to treat three cases of recurrent tuberculous bronchial strictures.


CONCLUSIONS
In three patients, cutting balloon dilatation was found to be safe and effective and did not cause complications. Although the dilated lumen showed partial reduction over the 6- to 12-month follow-up, subjective functional symptoms and dyspnea grade improved.
Shin
Ji Hoon
JH
Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
Song
Ho-Young
HY
Kim
Jin Hyoung
JH
Kim
Kyung-Rae
KR
Park
Jeong-Hoon
JH
Shim
Tae Sun
TS
Oh
Yeon-Mok
YM
D000328:Adult; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography