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

Table 2 Results

Case number	Stricture number	Complications	Follow-up (mo)	Time to relapse (months & method of therapy)
1	1	None	118	77, dilatation
2	1	None	112	No relapse
3	2	None	106	Sigmoid: 10, dilation ileum: no relapse
4	1	None	106	37, operation
5	1	None	101	No relapse
6	1	None	99	30, dilatation
7	1	None	97	Unsuccessful dilatation, operation
8	1	None	97	No relapse
9	1	None	89	No relapse
10	1	None	86	No relapse
11	1	None	84	15, operation
12	1	None	79	No relapse
13	1	None	75	No relapse
14	1	None	75	24, operation
15	1	None	73	55, dilatation
16	1	None	73	40, dilatation
17	1	None	71	48, dilatation
18	1	None	67	No relapse
19	2	None	66	No relapse
20	2	None	65	No relapse
21	1	None	63	14, dilatation
22	3	None	62	No relapse
23	2	None	57	No relapse
24	1	Perforation	54	4, operation
25	1	None	54	No relapse