Endoscopic treatment of anastomotic oesophageal stricture: a randomised study comparing initial dilation by electrocautery with Savary bougies with electrocautery

Completed

• Conditions: Anastomotic oesophageal stricture; Surgery; Other diseases of oesophagus

• Registration Number: ISRCTN81239664
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus Medical Centre (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 62

Inclusion Criteria

Sixty-two unselected consecutive patients with dysphagia due to a benign anastomotic stricture after transhiatal oesophagectomy with gastric tube reconstruction and cervical anastomosis will be included and randomised to either treatment arm. After informed consent, patients will either undergo dilation with Savary bougies, or primary electocautery.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Oesophageal dilation with bougies or electrocautery is rarely contraindicated.
Patients should however not be dilated if they recently suffered from acute oesophageal perforation
2. Dilation is relatively contraindicated in the presence of:
2.1. a bleeding diathesis
2.2. severely compromised pulmonary function
2.3. severe or unstable cardiac disease, or in
2.4. patients with large thoracic aortic aneurysms

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified