Introduction Bowel stricture is a common complication in patients with Crohn’s disease(CD),which often requires surgery[1,2].Notably,25%of patients develop at least one small bowel stricture[3].Endoscopic interventio...Introduction Bowel stricture is a common complication in patients with Crohn’s disease(CD),which often requires surgery[1,2].Notably,25%of patients develop at least one small bowel stricture[3].Endoscopic intervention has emerged as a feasible and minimally invasive adjunct or alternative to surgery.However,endoscopic intervention for small bowel strictures poses a technical challenge for gastroenterologists.Deep small bowel strictures beyond the terminal ileum are only accessible to device-assisted enteroscopy,including balloon-assisted enteroscopy(BAE).BAE-based endoscopic balloon dilation(EBD)has been reported to be safe and effective for small bowel strictures from CD[4].展开更多
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant numbers 81870382,82100544]Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation[grant number 2020A1515111102]+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation[grant number 2021M703743]Postdoctoral Foundation of the Sixth Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University[grant number R20210217202112997]National Key Clinical Discipline.
文摘Introduction Bowel stricture is a common complication in patients with Crohn’s disease(CD),which often requires surgery[1,2].Notably,25%of patients develop at least one small bowel stricture[3].Endoscopic intervention has emerged as a feasible and minimally invasive adjunct or alternative to surgery.However,endoscopic intervention for small bowel strictures poses a technical challenge for gastroenterologists.Deep small bowel strictures beyond the terminal ileum are only accessible to device-assisted enteroscopy,including balloon-assisted enteroscopy(BAE).BAE-based endoscopic balloon dilation(EBD)has been reported to be safe and effective for small bowel strictures from CD[4].
