Technology assessment status evaluation: balloon dilation of gastrointestinal tract strictures. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

M B Kimmey; F H Al-Kawas; R M Gannan; Z A Saeed; D L Carr-Locke; S A Edmundowicz; P A Jamidar; T N Stein

doi:10.1016/s0016-5107(95)70025-0

Technology assessment status evaluation: balloon dilation of gastrointestinal tract strictures. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Gastrointest Endosc. 1995 Dec;42(6):608-11. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5107(95)70025-0.

Authors

M B Kimmey, F H Al-Kawas, R M Gannan, Z A Saeed, D L Carr-Locke, S A Edmundowicz, P A Jamidar, T N Stein

PMID: 8674941
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(95)70025-0

Abstract

Balloon dilation is an acceptable modality for the dilation of stenoses at various sites in the gastrointestinal tract. In the esophagus its reported efficacy and safety is similar to bougienage; in other sites it offers an alternative to surgical treatment, in most cases as the definitive therapy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Catheterization* / adverse effects
Catheterization* / economics
Catheterization* / methods
Catheterization* / standards
Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
Digestive System / pathology*
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Humans
Technology Assessment, Biomedical