Evaluation of the effectiveness of through-the-scope balloons as dilators of benign and malignant gastrointestinal strictures
| Autor: | Jim T. Schwartz, Neshan Tabibian, David Y. Graham, J. Lacey Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
| Předmět: |
Endoscopes
medicine.medical_specialty Sigmoid Diseases medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Luminal diameter Guide wires Gastroenterology Balloon Pyloric Stenosis Catheterization Balloon dilatation Rectal Diseases Esophageal Stenosis medicine Humans Fluoroscopy Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Prospective Studies Radiology business Large diameter Gastroscopes Patient comfort |
| Zdroj: | Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 33:432-435 |
| ISSN: | 0016-5107 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0016-5107(87)71681-2 |
| Popis: | Although the true place of balloon dilators in our armamentarium of methods for the management of gastrointestinal strictures is not yet known, balloons are now widely used.26 Balloons have been used for a variety of gastrointestinal stenoses including esophageal,1-19 gastric,16-23 small intestinal,24 and colonic25,26 strictures. Balloon dilatation offers many theoretical advantages (safety, speed, and patient comfort) over dilatation with mercury-filled bougies or with the Eder-Puestow or Savary systems. Recently, the availability of large diameter balloon dilators (Fig. 1), which pass through the biopsy channel of standard endoscopes (through-the-scope or TTS balloons), has promised efficient direct-vision dilatation of strictures without the need of guide wires or fluoroscopy. We prospectively evaluated whether dilatation with TTS balloons actually achieved the expected luminal diameter in benign and malignant gastrointestinal strictures. |
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