What to Expect With Esophageal Dilation - Verywell Health
Sep 21, 2024 · Esophageal dilation is a treatment to help stretch, or dilate, abnormal narrowings found in the esophagus. These narrowings are called strictures and can occur from a variety of health problems. They can cause difficulty or discomfort when swallowing.
Balloon Dilation - Stanford Health Care
A balloon dilation is a cardiac catheterization procedure, a small, flexible tube (catheter) is inserted into a blood vessel in the groin, and guided to the inside of the heart. The tube has a deflated balloon in the tip.
Fluoroscopically Guided Balloon Dilation of the Esophagus
Balloon dilation of the lower esophageal sphincter in patients with achalasia is performed with a large pneumatic balloon (30-mm diameter or greater). This large-diameter balloon is used to cause a controlled rupture of circular muscle fibers composing the sphincter.
Types of Dilation and Stenting - Stanford Health Care
Balloon dilation. This technique uses special expandable balloons to gently dilate esophageal strictures. During this treatment, your doctor guides an endoscope down your esophagus. Then, he or she uses a guidance system to advance a special deflated balloon to the area of your esophagus that is narrowed.
Esophageal Dilation | Columbia Surgery
During esophageal dilation (also called pneumatic dilation), an endoscopic tube is inserted through the mouth and into the esophagus. A balloon is expanded inside the esophagus to stretch muscle fibers inside the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).
Oesophageal stricture dilatation – TTS balloon
It is normally used to dilate benign oesophageal strictures- eg peptic stricture, post operative stricture, post radiotherapy stricture, corrosive injury related stricture. This is not used for dilatation of achalasia – a separate Achalasia balloon is used.
Esophageal Dilation: Before Your Procedure - Kaiser Permanente
During the procedure, the doctor guides a balloon or plastic dilator down your throat and into your esophagus. Then the device expands, like a balloon filling with air. It widens any narrow parts of your esophagus.
Balloon Dilatation of Esophageal Strictures/Achalasia - PMC
In patients having balloon dilatation for the first time, a 20-mm balloon is used initially. If there is no blood on the balloon, or severe pain (pain intolerable despite adequate sedation and analgesia) occurs during the dilatation, 30-mm and 35-mm diameter balloons are used.
Balloon Dilation | Southern California, Orange County, …
Balloon dilation is a minimally invasive procedure which addresses narrowing of the airway, throat and esophagus. This procedure is performed with the patient awake without need for an IV.
What is Balloon Dilation? Balloon dilation is the most common means that physicians use to dilate an esophageal stricture. Using a flexible endoscope inserted into the patient’s mouth and esophagus, a physician can pass a plastic catheter across the patient’s esophageal stricture. The catheter is surrounded by a clear plastic balloon.