Background: The purpose of the present study was to define the differential diagnostic markers of benign and malignant bile duct strictures ... intrahepatic bile duct dilation and no mass lesion ...

One complication that occurs in approximately 10%of patients is the development of a colonic stricture. Some of thesestrictures dilate over weeks or months, while others result inobstructive ...

They may use one or several treatments: Balloon dilation, a procedure that uses a catheter (drainage tube) and balloon to widen a ureteral stricture University of Utah Health urologists are experts at ...

benign anastomotic strictures were defined as anastomotic narrowings that did not allow a standard diagnostic endoscope to pass without dilatation. Follow-up visits consisted of symptom ...