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

Table 5

Outcomes of endoscopic balloon dilation between the non-Crohn’s disease (CD) group and CD groups.

Outcomes	Non-CD group,	CD group,	value
Average number of procedures	2.5	2.3	0.62
Short-term success rate	100% (12/12)	100% (11/11)	1.00
Long-term success rate	92% (11/12)	82% (9/11)	0.59
Surgery avoidance rate in the observation period	83% (10/12)	73% (8/11)	0.64
Complication	8% (1/12)	0% (0/11)	1.00
Bleeding	8% (1/12)	0% (0/11)	1.00
Perforation	0% (0/12)	0% (0/11)	1.00