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Is endoscopic balloon therapy an effective treatment for patients with Crohn's disease strictures?

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boxed-textSingh VV et al. (2005) Efficacy and safety of endoscopic balloon dilation of symptomatic upper and lower gastrointestinal Crohn's disease strictures. J Clin Gastroenterol 39: 284–290

Intramural corticosteroid injection is a safe adjuvant to endoscopic TTS balloon dilation of strictures in Crohn's disease patients, but it is too early to recommend it as a standard clinical procedure

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