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Dall'Oglio L, Caldaro T, Foschia F, et al. Endoscopic management of esophageal stenosis in children: New and traditional treatments. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2016;8(4):212-9doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i4.212.
Dall'Oglio, L., Caldaro, T., Foschia, F., Faraci, S., Federici di Abriola, G., Rea, F., Romeo, E., Torroni, F., Angelino, G., & De Angelis, P. (2016). Endoscopic management of esophageal stenosis in children: New and traditional treatments. World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy, 8(4), 212-9. https://doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v8.i4.212
Dall'Oglio, Luigi, et al. "Endoscopic management of esophageal stenosis in children: New and traditional treatments." World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy vol. 8,4 (2016): 212-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.4253/wjge.v8.i4.212
Dall'Oglio L, Caldaro T, Foschia F, Faraci S, Federici di Abriola G, Rea F, Romeo E, Torroni F, Angelino G, De Angelis P. Endoscopic management of esophageal stenosis in children: New and traditional treatments. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Feb 25;8(4):212-9. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i4.212. PMID: 26962403; PMCID: PMC4766254.
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World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Feb 25;8(4):212-9. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i4.212.

Endoscopic management of esophageal stenosis in children: New and traditional treatments.

World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy

Luigi Dall'Oglio, Tamara Caldaro, Francesca Foschia, Simona Faraci, Giovanni Federici di Abriola, Francesca Rea, Erminia Romeo, Filippo Torroni, Giulia Angelino, Paola De Angelis

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  1. Luigi Dall'Oglio, Tamara Caldaro, Francesca Foschia, Simona Faraci, Giovanni Federici di Abriola, Francesca Rea, Erminia Romeo, Filippo Torroni, Giulia Angelino, Paola De Angelis, Digestive Endoscopy and Surgery Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Roma, Italy.

PMID: 26962403 PMCID: PMC4766254 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i4.212

Abstract

Post-esophageal atresia anastomotic strictures and post-corrosive esophagitis are the most frequent types of cicatricial esophageal stricture. Congenital esophageal stenosis has been reported to be a rare but typical disease in children; other pediatric conditions are peptic, eosinophilic esophagitis and dystrophic recessive epidermolysis bullosa strictures. The conservative treatment of esophageal stenosis and strictures (ES) rather than surgery is a well-known strategy for children. Before planning esophageal dilation, the esophageal morphology should be assessed in detail for its length, aspect, number and level, and different conservative strategies should be chosen accordingly. Endoscopic dilators and techniques that involve different adjuvant treatment strategies have been reported and depend on the stricture's etiology, the availability of different tools and the operator's experience and preferences. Balloon and semirigid dilators are the most frequently used tools. No high-quality studies have reported on the differences in the efficacies and rates of complications associated with these two types of dilators. There is no consensus in the literature regarding the frequency of dilations or the diameter that should be achieved. The use of adjuvant treatments has been reported in cases of recalcitrant stenosis or strictures with evidence of dysphagic symptoms. Corticosteroids (either systemically or locally injected), the local application of mitomycin C, diathermy and laser ES sectioning have been reported. Some authors have suggested that stenting can reduce both the number of dilations and the treatment length. In many cases, this strategy is effective when either metallic or plastic stents are utilized. Treatment complications, such esophageal perforations, can be conservatively managed, considering surgery only in cases with severe pleural cavity involvement. In cases of stricture relapse, even if such relapses occur following the execution of well-conducted conservative strategies, surgical stricture resection and anastomosis or esophageal substitution are the only remaining options.

Keywords: Caustic stricture; Esophageal dilation; Esophageal stenosis; Esophageal stent; Esophageal stricture

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