Tratamiento de la estenosis benigna del esófago por medio de la dilatación prolongada: re-evaluación a los quince años / [Treatment of benign esophageal stenosis by prolonged dilatation: re-evaluation after 15 years]

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to re-appraise the results of a method for slow continuous dilatation of benign esophageal stenosis comparing previous experience of a decade with that accumulated during the following five-year period. A total of 78 patients were dilated, the average age was 58.1 years, and the M/F dilated, the average age was 58.1 years, and the M/F ratio 3.3/1. Reflux esophagitis was the most frequent etiology when comparing both groups (77.5

RESUMO

of de cases showed a hypersecretion pattern. The mean lower esophageal sphincter pressure was low, and a group of patients showed aperistalsis in more than 50