ENDOSCOPIC RADIAL INCISION AND CUTTING (RIC) FOR SEVERE BENIGN COLONIC ANASTOMOTIC STENOSIS AFTER SURGERY FOR COLORECTAL CARCINOMA

Abstract

Benign colonic anastomotic stenosis sometimes occurs after surgical resection of colorectal cancer. In a patient who developed benign colonic anastomotic stenosis after surgical resection of colorectal carcinoma, endoscopic balloon dilation was performed, but the patient developed restenosis and the patientʼs quality of life was poor. This time, we used the ITknife nano^TM to perform endoscopic radial incision and cutting (RIC) which cut down and scraped down the narrowed anastomosis after colorectal carcinoma surgery.