Fluoroscopically guided balloon dilation of benign esophageal strictures: Incidence of esophageal rupture and its management in 589 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1481-1486

  Fan, Yong ^a,b   Song, Ho Young ^a   Kim, Jin Hyoung ^a   Park, Jung Hoon ^a   Ponnuswamy, Iyappan ^a,c   Jung, Hwoon Yong ^a   Kim, Yong Hee ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Haihe Hospital   (China)

^c CHETTINAD HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Balloon dilation; Benign esophageal strictures; Esophageal rupture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BENIGN ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FLUOROSCOPICALLY GUIDED BALLOON DILATATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82455181445     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.6591     Document Type: Article

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