Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 4
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Is endoscopic treatment of small bowel strictures effective and safe in patients with Crohn’s disease?

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6852/2019

Yacqueline Valdés del Pino, Antonio Giordano, Miriam Escapa, Elena Ricart, Ingrid Ordás, Sonia Rodríguez, Jordi Rimola, Gloria Fernández-Esparrach, Àngels Ginès, Josep Llach, Julià Panés, Begoña González-Suárez,

Abstract
Introduction: there is very little scientific evidence about the efficacy of endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) performed with balloon-assisted enteroscopy (BAE) for the treatment of small bowel strictures (SBS) in Crohn’s disease (CD). Objective: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of EBD using BAE in patients with CD and SBS. Methods: a retrospective observational study was performed in a tertiary care medical center in patients with CD and SBS, evaluated by CT enterography or MRI enterography. Results: from 2009 to 2019, 205 endoscopic dilations were performed in 80 patients with CD. 17 (21.25 %) had only SBS and 70.6 % were male with a median age of 42.2 (±14.4) years. The mean follow-up was 37.8 ±28.7 months. A total of 39 dilations were performed, 94.1 % were native and less than 5cm long, all strictures were ulcerated. The overall technical success was 82.4 % and clinical success was 88.2 %. During follow-up, 23.5 % of patients required surgery and 29.4 % were re-dilated. The long-term efficacy was 76.5 % and no severe adverse events (AE) were observed. No factors were identified to predict the need for surgery after dilation. Conclusions: SBS can be safely and effectively treated with EBD using BAE, thus reducing the need for surgery in the long term.
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Received: 29/12/2019

Accepted: 06/03/2020

Online First: 27/03/2020

Published: 07/04/2020

Article revision time: 45 days

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