Abstract
Usefullness of Celestin dilator for esophageal dilatation was reported in comparison with endoscopic cutting by high frequency current. Esophageal dilatation was performed in 15 patients. The cause of stricture was anastonmotic stricture in 11 cases, irradiation in 2 cases, esophageal injury in one case and postsclerosing therapy for esophageal varices in one case. Several treatments for esophageal dilatation were performed ; Celestin dilator in 9 cases, endoscopic cutting by high frequency current in 9 cases, balloon bougie in 3 cases, operation in one case. Treatment with Celestin dilator was exclusively effective in all cases without any complication. Although re-stricture appeared in 4 cases among them, it was cured by the repeated same technique. Celestin dilator has the advantages of simplicity, speed, and ease of passage and adequate of f et in comparison with endoscopic cutting by high f requcncy current. So, it may be used widely for esophageal dilatation in the future.
