Efficacy and safety of endoscopic balloon dilation of symptomatic upper and lower gastrointestinal Crohn's disease strictures

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 284-290

  Singh, Virmeet V ^a   Draganov, Peter ^a   Valentine, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Endoscopic therapy; Strictures

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON PERFORATION; CROHN DISEASE; DESCENDING COLON; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SIGMOID; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15344342451     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000155128.31208.44     Document Type: Review

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