Five Cases of Endoscopic Treatment of Stomal Stricture after Surgery for Gastric Carcinoma

Abstract

This paper focused on the usefulness of endoscopic treatment performed in 5 cases suffering from the stomal stenosis after gastric surgery in recent 4 years in our department.
They are 3 males and 2 females, and 58.2 year old in average. There were no evidence of stomal recurrence in all cases. The endoscopic treatment for stomal stenosis were effective in 4 cases ; dilatation by endoscopy itself in one, dilatation using balloon dilator in one, and dilatation using balloon dilator after cutting the stenosis by high frequency electric current in two cases.
Balloon dilation procedure after cutting stenosis is more effective for severe stomal stenosis than other trials.