Incidence and management of oesophageal ruptures following fluoroscopic balloon dilatation in children with benign strictures

• Published in: European radiology Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 105 - 112
• Main Authors: Zhou, Wei-Zhong, Song, Ho-Young, Park, Jung-Hoon, Shin, Ji Hoon, Kim, Jin Hyoung, Cho, Young Chul, Kim, Pyeong Hwa, Kim, Seong-Chul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Catheterization - adverse effects; Catheters; Child; Child, Preschool; Diagnostic Radiology; Dilatation - adverse effects; Esophageal Stenosis - diagnosis; Esophageal Stenosis - therapy; Esophagus - diagnostic imaging; Esophagus - injuries; Female; Fistula; Fluoroscopy; Humans; Imaging; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Internal Medicine; Interventional; Interventional Radiology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neuroradiology; Patients; Pediatrics; Radiology; Risk Factors; Rupture; Treatment Outcome; Ultrasound; South Korea; Paediatric; Fluoroscopy; Dilatation; Rupture; Oesophageal stricture

Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence and management of oesophageal ruptures following fluoroscopic balloon dilatation (FBD) in children with benign oesophageal strictures. Methods Sixty-two children with benign oesophageal strictures underwent FBDs. Oesophageal ruptur...