An 84-year-old woman presented with a one-year history of intermittent chest pain and progressive difficulty swallowing while eating solid food. She had no history of gastrointestinal problems. She ...

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 ...

Woman eating healthy food, selective focus, canon 1Ds mark III Researchers sought to identify clinical and endoscopic factors that would affect patients’ ability to achieve a normal diet after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An esophageal stricture, a narrowing of the esophagus, may occur following damage to the esophageal lining, which may be caused by chronic vomiting, reaction to oral medications, after anesthetic ...

Over 80% of patients with esophageal cancer are qualified only for palliative treatment. The main goal of the therapy is to eliminate symptoms of dysphagia. To analyze complications after insertion of ...

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Key Takeaways An esophageal ulcer is a sore in the esophagus often caused by ...

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 ...

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 ...