Esophageal rupture: complication of balloon dilatation.
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 157 (1) , 56
- https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.157.1.4034978
Abstract
Recent studies have emphasized the safety of fluoroscopically guided balloon dilatation for treatment of severe esophageal strictures. A [human] case of esophageal rupture that followed dilatation of a distal esophageal stricture with a 20-mm balloon catheter is reported.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit: