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Safety and Efficacy of Endoscopic Balloon Dilation for Treatment of Crohn’s Disease Strictures

DOI

109

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0

References

2006

Year

Arnulf Ferlitsch, Walter Reinisch, Andreas Püspök, Clemens Dejaco, Martin Schillinger, R Schöfl, R. Pötzi, Alfred Gangl, H. Vogelsang
Endoscopy

Abstract

Endoscopic balloon dilation is a safe and effective method that allows surgery to be avoided in approximately 75 % of patients with Crohn's-associated short intestinal strictures. However, recurrent symptoms frequently make it necessary to repeat the procedure.