Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Esophageal Dilatation in Pediatric Patients with Esophageal Strictures
Table 2
Complications in 46 children with esophageal strictures with or without esophageal dilatations.
Variables
Patients with esophageal strictures ()
value
Dilatation (56.5)
No dilatation (43.5)
Total (100)
Overall complications
25/26 (96.2)
13/20 (65)
38/46 (82.6)
0.014
Recurrent hospitalization (>1 time)
22/26 (84.6)
0.0/20 (0.0)
22/46 (47.8)
<0.0001
Dysphagia
14/23 (60.9)
2.0/18 (11.1)
16/41 (39)
0.001
Gastroesophageal reflux
13/24 (54.2)
8.0/19 (42.1)
21/43 (48.8)
0.543
Failure to thrive (thinness)
4.0/19 (21.1)
7.0/16 (43.8)
11/35 (31.4)
0.273
Stunting
4.0/9.0 (44.4)
2.0/13 (15.4)
6.0/22 (27.3)
0.178
Pneumonia/aspiration
4.0/23 (17.4)
6.0/19 (31.6)
10/42 (23.8)
0.468
Hospitalization (>2 weeks)
4.0/26 (15.4)
9.0/20 (45)
13/46 (28.3)
0.046
Apnea/dying spells
2.0/26 (7.7)
4.0/20 (20)
6.0/46 (13)
0.380
Values presented as number (%). Fisher’s exact test was used to compare the categorical variables. Boldface indicates a statistically significant difference with .
