Artigo
Dilatacao pneumatica no megaesofago avancado. Resultados do sequimento tardio
Fecha
1997-07-23Registro en:
GED - Gastrenterologia Endoscopia Digestiva, v. 16, n. 2, p. 52-54, 1997.
0101-7772
2-s2.0-0030808151
3191019476459702
3769255547738283
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Resumen
Six patients with advanced Chagas' megaesophagus with poor condition for surgical indication due to severe malnutrition and concomitant diseases were submitted to pneumatic dilatation with the aid of the endoscope. The method consists in leading the tip of the pneumatic dilatator into the cardia with the tip of the endoscope. Insufflation of the balloon must be slow and progressive with visualization of the mucosa of the cardia after insufflating of 2 pounds of air pressure. An excellent symptomatic relief was seen in the five-year follow-up but without improvement in the degree of the esophageal dilatation.