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Intralesional steroid injection after endoluminal esophageal stricture dilatation in a cat [PDF]

Open Veterinary Journal, 2022
Background: Benign esophageal strictures arise from various etiologies, mostly severe esophagitis. Although endoscopic balloon dilation is still the first-line therapy, refractory or recurrent strictures do occur and remain a challenge to the endoluminal
María Cecilia Ricart, Sergio Rodriguez, Guadalupe Dova   +2 more
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Successful Simultaneous Treatment of Benign Stricture and Colonic Neoplasm Arising from Colonic Interposition after Esophagectomy: A Case Report

The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2023
Colonic interposition is the main procedure used in esophageal reconstruction. We report a rare case of simultaneous treatment of an anastomotic site stricture and a neoplasm in the interpositioned colon.
Seung Hee Kim, Jin Won Kim, Seon-Young Park, Hyun-Soo Kim, Chae June Lim, Gang Han Lee, Jae Woong Lim, Young Eun Seo, Shin Young Park, Yo Han Lee, Yong-Wook Jung, Woo Rim Kang, Hye-Su You, Dong Hyun Kim   +13 more
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Congenital duodenal web: successful management with endoscopic dilatation

Endoscopy International Open, 2016
Background and study aims: Congenital duodenal web (CDW) is an uncommon cause of duodenal obstruction and endoscopic balloon dilatation has been reported in just eight pediatric cases to date. Here we are reporting three cases of CDW managed successfully
Ujjal Poddar, Vikas Jain, Surender Kumar Yachha, Anshu Srivastava   +3 more
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The therapeutic effect of balloon dilatation with different duration for biliary duct calculi: A network meta-analysis

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2022
Objective: To systematically evaluate the application effect of endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation (EPBD) with different balloon dilatation duration for biliary duct calculi, and find the most appropriate dilatation duration for EPBD using a network
Zhi Yuan Yu, Chen Liang, Shi Yu Yang, Xu Zhang, Yan Sun   +4 more
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Balloon Catheter for Cervical Priming before Operative Hysteroscopy in Young Women: A Pilot Study

Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2020
Aim: To investigate regarding the safety and effectiveness of a balloon catheter (Aqueduct-100 device) to dilate the uterine cervix before operative hysteroscopies.
Francesca Falcone, Gennaro Raimondo, Michael Stark, Salvatore Dessole, Marco Torella, Ivano Raimondo   +5 more
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Long Term Outcome of 112 Pediatric Patients With Ureteroplevic Junction Obstruction Treated by Endourologic Retrograde Balloon Dilatation

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
PurposeTo analyze the effectiveness, complications and long-term outcome of the patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) treated by endoscopic retrograde balloon dilatation (ERBD) in the largest series reported.Materials and MethodsBetween
Javier Ordóñez, Rubén Ortiz, Alberto Parente, Laura Burgos, Beatriz Fernández-Bautista, Laura Pérez-Egido, José María Angulo   +6 more
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Relationship Between Thickness of Calcium on Optical Coherence Tomography and Crack Formation After Balloon Dilatation in Calcified Plaque Requiring Rotational Atherectomy.

Circulation Journal, 2016
BACKGROUND Target lesion calcification is known to influence percutaneous coronary intervention. We evaluated the effects of rotational atherectomy (RA) and subsequent balloon angioplasty on calcified coronary lesions using optical coherence tomography ...
Nobuhiko Maejima, K. Hibi, Kenichiro Saka, E. Akiyama, M. Konishi, Mitsuaki Endo, N. Iwahashi, Kengo Tsukahara, M. Kosuge, T. Ebina, S. Umemura, K. Kimura   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Evaluation of Endoscopic Balloon Dilation Treatment for Benign [PDF]

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2008
Background and ObjectiveBalloon dilatation of stricture is one of the new treatment methods for patients with Gastric Outlet Obstruction (GOO). Prevalence and underlying etiologies of GOO in various populations are different.
H. Ghofrani, H. Forotan, A.R. Arefzadeh, J. Sokri Shirvani, S.A. Mirbagheri   +4 more
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Design optimization of stent and its dilatation balloon using kriging surrogate model

BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2017
BackgroundAlthough stents have great success of treating cardiovascular disease, it actually undermined by the in-stent restenosis and their long-term fatigue failure.
Hongxia Li, Tao Liu, Minjie Wang, Danyang Zhao, A. Qiao, Xue Wang, Junfeng Gu, Zheng Li, Bao Zhu   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Loss of hepatic SMLR1 causes hepatosteatosis and protects against atherosclerosis due to decreased hepatic VLDL secretion

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
The role of SMLR1 in lipid metabolism (high fat + cholesterol diet in mice) Abstract Background and Aims The assembly and secretion of VLDL from the liver, a pathway that affects hepatic and plasma lipids, remains incompletely understood. We set out to identify players in the VLDL biogenesis pathway by identifying genes that are co‐expressed with the ...
Willemien van Zwol, Antoine Rimbert, Justina C. Wolters, Marieke Smit, Vincent W. Bloks, Niels J. Kloosterhuis, Nicolette C. A. Huijkman, Mirjam H. Koster, Umesh Tharehalli, Simon M. de Neck, Colin Bournez, Marceline M. Fuh, Jeroen Kuipers, Sujith Rajan, Alain de Bruin, Henry N. Ginsberg, Gerard J. P. van Westen, M. Mahmood Hussain, Ludger Scheja, Joerg Heeren, Philip Zimmerman, Bart van de Sluis, Jan Albert Kuivenhoven   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source