Experience with Balloon Dilatation in Crohn’s and Non-Crohn’s Benign Small-Bowel Strictures: Is There a Difference?

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The endoscopic balloon dilation procedure. (a) Endoscopic imaging of a stricture due to scar after chemotherapy for malignant lymphoma. (b) Balloon dilation. (c) After dilation. (d) Endoscopic imaging of stricture after 5 times of dilation. (e) Contrast study of the stricture during dilation. (f) Contrast study of the stricture after dilation.

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