Long-term results of endoscopic balloon dilatation of lower gastrointestinal tract strictures in Crohn’s disease: A prospective study

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Case number	Age/sex	Disease duration (yr)	Previous bowel surgery	Stricture localisation
1	38/F	17	Ileocecal resection	Anastomosis
2	22/F	5	None	Transverse colon
3	23/F	7	None	Sigmoid, ileum
4	23/M	7	appendectomy	Ileum
5	33/F	14	None	Rectum/sigmoid
6	33/F	12	Ileocecal resection	Anastomosis
7	32/F	9	Anal fistula	Ileocecal valve
8	46/F	19	Anal fistula	Colon
9	28/F	16	Ileocecal resection, bowel perforation	Anastomosis
10	35/F	15	Ileocecal resection	Anastomosis
11	26/M	7	None	Ileocecal valve
12	42/F	20	Right hemicolectomy anal fistula	Anastomosis
13	48/F	15	None	Colon
14	50/F	10	None	Colon
15	50/F	14	Ileocecal resection	Anastomosis
16	24/F	6	Ileocecal resection	Anastomosis
17	55/F	11	Ileocecal resection, terminal ileum	Anastomosis
18	43/F	25	Ileocecal resection, sigmoid resection	Anastomosis
19	49/F	35	Ileocecal resection, right hemicolectomy	Anastomosis (2)
20	75/M	3	None	Ileum
21	42/M	6	Right hemicolectomy	Anastomosis
22	34/F	13	Anal fissure	Anal channel, rectum, sigmoid
23	26/F	6	None	Rectum, sigmoid
24	18/F	2	None	Ileocecal valve
25	26/M	20	Total colectomy, ileoanal pouch	Pouchanal anastomosis