title: Cutting balloon treatment for recurrent benign bronchial strictures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Ji Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Ho-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jin Hyoung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyung-Rae
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Tae Sun
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Yeon-Mok
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: 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