| Literature DB >> 19457590 |
Margalida Vanrell Garau1, Daniel Ginard Vicens, Alfredo Llompart Rigo, Zoe Mariño Méndez, María José Bosque López, S Patricia Ortega Moya, Carmen Garrido Duran, Jaime Gayà Cantallops.
Abstract
Crohn's disease is often complicated by intestinal strictures. Symptomatic strictures refractory to medical therapy usually require surgery. Endoscopic balloon dilatation is an alternative to surgery. We report the case of a patient with Crohn's disease with asymptomatic ileocecal stricture, which was identified after intestinal obstruction due to an impacted foreign body. The patient underwent endoscopic dilatation and the foreign body was extracted. We provide a review of the literature on endoscopic balloon dilatation of intestinal strictures in Crohn's disease.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19457590 DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2008.11.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gastroenterol Hepatol ISSN: 0210-5705 Impact factor: 2.102