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Successful treatment with balloon dilatation using a double‐balloon enteroscope for a stricture in the small bowel of a patient with Crohn's disease
Author(s) -
Sunada Keijiro,
Yamamoto Hironori,
Kita Hiroto,
Yano Tomonori,
Miyata Tomohiko,
Sekine Yutaka,
Kuno Akiko,
Onishi Nobuki,
Iwamoto Michiko,
Sasaki Atsuhiro,
Ido Kenichi,
Sugano Kentaro
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1111/j.1443-1661.2004.00345.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enteroscopy , double balloon enteroscopy , balloon dilation , crohn's disease , balloon , radiology , surgery , balloon dilatation , endoscopy , disease
The requirement for endoscopic access to a stricture is a major limitation of the endoscopic dilatation for the treatment of strictures in the gastrointestinal tract. We have developed the double‐balloon enteroscopy method that enables visualization of the entire small bowel. In addition, double‐balloon enteroscopy has a potential for the interventional therapy including dilatation of strictures. We present here a case of jejunal strictures in a 47‐year‐old woman with Crohn's disease successfully treated with a balloon catheter in combination with double‐balloon enteroscopy. Balloon dilation with double‐balloon enteroscopy is a promising method for the treatment of small bowel strictures in Crohn's disease.