Efficacy of Endoscopic Dilation of gastroduodenal Crohn ’s disease strictures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data

Little is know about the effects of endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) for strictures of the upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract in patients with Crohn ’s disease (CD). We performed a pooled analysis of the efficacy and safety of EBD for UGI CD-associated strictures.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - November 29, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Dominik Bettenworth, Marcus M. M ücke, Rocio Lopez, Amandeep Singh, Weiming Zhu, Feilong Guo, Toshiyuki Matsui, Theodore W. James, Hans Herfarth, Martin Goetz, Ren Mao, Satya Kurada, Jochen Hampe, Katja Matthes, John Gásdal Karstensen, Piero V. Valli, M Source Type: research