Endoscopic balloon dilatation of colonic anastomotic strictures
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 76 (8), 780-782
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800760804
Abstract
Nine postoperative colonic and rectal strictures were treated using dilatation balloons passed over a guide-wire introduced endoscopically. Six strictures resolved after a single dilatation. The method is simple, safe, effective and avoids further surgery.Keywords
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