Balloon Dilatation in Congenital Esophageal Stenosis

Percutaneous balloon dilatation in congenital mitral stenosis.

A three year old girl with severe congenital mitral stenosis was successfully treated by percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve. Cardiac catheterisation and cross sectional and Doppler echocardiography indicated that the orifice of the mitral valve had doubled in area. A small atrial septal defect was found at follow up cardiac catheterisation and angiography. Balloon dilatation of...

Complete heart block after balloon dilatation for congenital pulmonary stenosis.

Permanent complete heart block developed in a five year old child during balloon dilatation for pulmonary valve stenosis. Damage to the atrioventricular node by pressure from the inflated balloon may have caused the conduction defect.

Congenital Esophageal Stenosis Associated with Esophageal Atresia and Gasless Abdomen

SUMMARY A radiologically gasless abdomen in a neonate with EA is usually regarded as being pathognomonic of an absence of distal T.E.F. It has been estimated that up to 1.5% of patient with a distal fistula may have a radiologically gasless abdomens as a manifestation of a very small fistula plugged with mucus. In this case a contrast study via the gastrostomy demonstrated a fistula between th...

Balloon dilatation in congenital heart disease.

Bidirectional esophageal dilatation in pharyngoesophageal stenosis postradiotherapy.

Severely stenosed radiation-induced benign strictures around the level of cricopharyngeus post-radical chemoradiation for head and neck or upper esophageal cancers pose significant management problems. We report our technique of bidirectional assessment and dilatation of pharyngoesophageal strictures in patients with an in situ percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. The upper gastroint...