Peptic pyloroduodenal strictures treated by endoscopic balloon dilation and eradication of helicobacter pylori. Results of a prospective study

Cheikh, I.; Younes, R.; Said, Y.; Chaabouni, H.; Chebbi, F.; Ben Ammar, A.

La Tunisie Medicale 81(4): 258-263

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0041-4131
PMID: 12848009
Document Number: 554759
Endoscopic dilatation of pyloro-duodenal peptic stenosis is a safe and efficient procedure that constitutes an alternative choice to surgical management. Our aims is to evaluate efficiency of endoscopic balloon dilatation associated with Helicobacter pylori eradication. During a period of 3 years (January 1999-December 2001). 16 patients were included in this study. Successful endoscopic dilatation was obtained in 15 of them (93, 75%). No severe complications (perforations) happened. All patients were infected by Helicobacter pylori. The mean follow-up was 13 months. Endoscopic balloon dilatation associated with Helicobacter pylori eradication is a safe and efficient treatment of pyloro-duodenal peptic stenosis.

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