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  • Title: Benign duodenal strictures: treatment by means of fluoroscopically guided balloon dilation.
    Author: Kim JH, Shin JH, Di ZH, Ko GY, Yoon HK, Sung KB, Song HY.
    Journal: J Vasc Interv Radiol; 2005 Apr; 16(4):543-8. PubMed ID: 15802456.
    Abstract:
    Fluoroscopically guided balloon (15 or 20 mm in diameter) dilation was performed on eight patients with benign duodenal strictures caused by peptic ulcers (n = 6), Crohn's disease (n = 1), and postoperative adhesion (n = 1). The procedure was technically and clinically successful without complications in seven of the eight patients (88%). Duodenal perforation occurred immediately after 20-mm-diameter balloon dilation in one patient who underwent emergency surgery. During the mean follow-up of 30 months (range, 2-103 months), there was recurrence in two of the seven patients (29%) who then underwent surgery. The other five patients (71%) showed good results with no recurrence.
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