A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Endoscopic Steroid Injection Therapy for Recalcitrant Esophageal Peptic Strictures

Abstract

In patients with recalcitrant peptic esophageal stricture, steroid injection into the stricture combined with acid suppression significantly diminishes both the need for repeat dilation and the average time to repeat dilation compared to sham injection and acid suppression alone.