OBJECTIVE: To study the long-term outcomes of @entity1 who have had @entity384 of @entity30 . DESIGN: Retrospective case-note review over a 16-year period. @entity1 : @entity1 with a @entity30 causing obstructive symptoms and who had at least 6 months' follow-up data or a surgical outcome following dilation were sought; 59 @entity1 (124 dilations) were identified. INTERVENTION: @entity1 all underwent @entity384 . RESULTS: Strictures were anastomotic in 53 @entity1 (111 dilations) and de novo in six @entity1 (13 dilations). The median stricture length was 3.0 cm. Median follow-up time was 29.4 months. Out of the total group, 41% of @entity1 achieved long-term clinical benefit following dilation and in 17% after only a single dilation. The median number of dilations per @entity1 was one. A total of 35 (59%) @entity1 required surgery for their stricture during follow-up. There were two (1.6%) perforations as a result of dilation, one in an anastomotic stricture (managed conservatively) and one in a de-novo stricture (requiring surgery). There were no deaths. CONCLUSIONS: @entity384 of @entity30 can achieve long-term clinical benefit in many @entity1 . Repeat dilations are justified in initial non-responders. In this series, the procedure appears safe with low morbidity.

@entity384 of XXXX : a review of long-term outcomes.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity384 :: ('MESH:D002311', 'Disease') :: ['Colonoscopic balloon dilation', 'endoscopic balloon dilation'] @entity30 :: ('MESH:D003424', 'Disease') :: ["Crohn's stricture", "Crohn's strictures"]
@entity30 :: (MESH:D003424,Disease) :: ['Crohn's strictures']
