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Sometimes, other procedures are considered when strictures keep recurring, including dilation therapy with steroid injections or stent placement. Yoon YS, Kim JY, Lee KJ, Yu KP, Lee MS. Balloon ...

Ganguli et al. show that CDKN2A loss in Barrett’s esophagus prevents esophageal adenocarcinoma initiation by counterselecting subsequent TP53 loss and report context-dependent effects of 9p21 ...

Esophageal dilation is a treatment to help stretch, or dilate, abnormal narrowings found in the esophagus. These narrowings are called strictures and can occur from a variety of health problems. They ...

While these conditions may co-occur, they usually require different management approaches. This study aims to evaluate whether TSS stenting alone, without targeted treatment of SSWAs, is sufficient to ...

What is a 5-year relative survival rate? Where do these numbers come from? 5-year relative survival rates for esophageal cancer Understanding the numbers Keep in mind that survival rates are estimates ...

Normally, the esophageal sphincter (a muscular tube that lets food pass into the stomach and then cinches shut to block it from coming back up) protects the esophagus from stomach acid. However, if ...

Make sure you have someone to drive you home after your procedure. We may also place a stent in your ureter (tube between your bladder and kidney) up to a few weeks prior to your surgery. This stent, ...

Esophageal hypomotility in general and especially ineffective esophageal motility according to the Chicago criteria of primary motility disorders of the esophagus, is one of the most frequently ...

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The use of SEMS in benign esophageal disease is controversial. Prior to stent placement, a complete endoscopic examination should be performed to assess the proximal and distal extent of the ...