Refractory, benign esophageal strictures (RBES) are those that cannot be dilatated to an adequate diameter, recur within a short time interval, or require ongoing dilatation. The most common causes of ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bartel and colleagues assigned 3 mg budesonide orally twice a day for 8 weeks to 25 patients who underwent ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Endoscopic eradication therapy can be a safe treatment strategy for patients with Barrett’s ...
Case 1 (M.G.H. 22714). A 25-year-old woman with a lye stricture of the esophagus was admitted to the hospital on November 2, 1955, for the 71st time. At the age of 4 she had accidentally swallowed lye ...
The large, multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial is evaluating the safety and efficacy of the ProTractX3™ TTS drug coated balloon for the treatment of benign esophageal strictures ...
Our aim was to study the influence of high doses of corticosteroids in preventing esophageal strictures.METHODS: Eighty-three children with a mean age of 4.10 2.63 years and with grade IIb esophageal ...
IN THE literature on corrosion and stricture of the esophagus I remember reading about an alcoholic patient who for years had been in the habit of drinking whisky straight and who finally cast up the ...
GIE Medical has launched two large, multicenter randomized controlled clinical trials in the United States to investigate ProTractX3™ TTS DCB. GIE Medical’s ProTractX3™ 3-Stage TTS DCB is a balloon ...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is quite common and often goes undiagnosed. But while GERD seems like just a chronic case of heartburn, it can lead to a host of more serious problems. "For some ...