Progress of Endoscopic Treatment for Benign Esophageal Strictures / 中国微创外科杂志
Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery
;
(12): 365-369, 2016.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-486056
ABSTRACT
[Summary] Benign esophageal strictures can arise from various causes and mainly induce dysphagia .Commonly , the majority of benign esophageal strictures can achieve long-term relief through about three dilation sessions .However, some refractory benign esophageal strictures require other treatments , such as endoscopic stent placement and intralesional drug injection , but these treatments just attain short-time satisfactory results with a disappointingly low rate of long-term improvement.Recently, biodegradable stents and drug-eluting stents are developing and have obtained the positive effects .In this paper , we performed a review about the treatment of benign esophageal strictures .
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Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Year:
2016
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