Stricture Prevention after Extensive Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Neoplastic Barrett’s Esophagus: Individualized Oral Steroid Prophylaxis

Table 1

Patients and lesion characteristics.

Clinical characteristics
Age, median (range) (years)	67 (45-84)
Sex, male/female,	21/2
ASA grade, 1/2/3,	8/12/3
Barrett’s extent
C (median, range) (cm)	2 (0-9)
M (median, range) (cm)	5 (2-10)
Hiatal hernia, (%)	21 (91.3)
Lesion characteristics
Paris classification, (%)
0-Is	2 (8.7)
0-IIa	11 (47.8)
0-IIb	9 (39.1)
0-IIc	1 (4.3)
Endoscopic estimation of neoplasia
Single lesion, (%)	13 (56.5)
Estimated diameter of single lesion; median (range), mm	40 (20-60)
Multifocal neoplasia (≥1 visible lesion), (%)	10 (43.5%)
Pretreated lesions	0