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Strictures: Bougienage and Balloon Dilation

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Esophageal strictures are uncommon in children. Noninvasive management of esophageal strictures is based on the same principles in children as in adults though there is much less published literature in pediatric practice. Bougienage and balloon dilation are effective and preferences of one technique over the other will depend on the situation. The major complication is perforation and is related to the characteristics of the stricture itself.

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  1. Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

    Holger Till

  2. Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Paediatric Gastroenterology Centre, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Mike Thomson

  3. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    John E. Foker

  4. Department Surgery, University of Missouri, Kansas City Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

    George W. Holcomb III

  5. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Khalid M. Khan

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Khan, K.M. (2017). Strictures: Bougienage and Balloon Dilation. In: Till, H., Thomson, M., Foker, J., Holcomb III, G., Khan, K. (eds) Esophageal and Gastric Disorders in Infancy and Childhood. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11202-7_37

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