Strictures in Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Is There a Role for the Gastroenterologist or Do We Always Need a Surgeon?

摘要: Symptomatic strictures occur more often in Crohn disease than ulcerative colitis. The mainstay of endoscopic therapy for inflammatory bowel is balloon dilation. Serious complications are rare, and risk factors perforation include active inflammation, use steroids, dilation ileorectal or ileosigmoid anastomotic strictures. This article presents current literature on disease. Focus placed the short- long-term outcomes, complications, safety Adjuvant techniques, such as intralesional injection steroids anti-tumor necrosis factor, stricturotomy, stent insertion, briefly discussed.