Esophageal Stricture — Symptoms and Treatment
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FREE JEJUNAL GRAFT FOR TREATMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL STRICTURE DUE TO FAMILIAL EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA
In this paper, two patients with severe dysphagia and esophageal stricture secondary to epidermolysis bullosa are presented and discussed. They are siblings of an affected family. Primary resection and anastomosis had been performed previously in both patients, but dysphagia had recurred. We treated these patients with free jejunal graft to the esophagus with excellent results. Both patient...
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Congenital esophageal atresia needs to be surgically corrected as soon as possible. Some will present with post surgical stricture that needs to be dilated by a balloon dilator. This procedure is difficult in premature born due to infant esophageal size and availability of equipments. We herby report the first case in a premature infant with post surgical esophageal stricture of esophageal atre...
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