title: Retrograde dilation of a complex radiation-induced esophageal stricture through percutaneous gastrostomy.
abstract: Upper esophageal strictures occur in approximately 3-4% of patients who receive radiotherapy for head and neck cancers. The standart initial treatment is dilation by using bougie or through-the-scope balloon dilators. Endoscopic treatment requires the passage of a guidewire through the stricture which cannot be accomplished in some of the patients with complex strictures. Retrograde dilation of esophageal strictures through a mature percutaneous gastrostomy tract have been reported in a limited number of cases and small case series up to date and can be considered as a rescue treatment before considering surgery in such patients. Herein we report retrograde dilatation of a radiation-induced complex esophageal stricture through the percutaneous gastrostomy tract in a patient with operated larynx cancer.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Eminler
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Uslan
authors.forename: A Ş
authors.initials: AŞ
authors.lastname: Köksal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guven
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parlak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods*; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*