Assertion: esophageal dilation | /r/HasProperty | performed
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text: An esophageal dilation is performed to assist a patient who has difficulty swallowing due to an abnormal narrowing within the esophagus.
text: Esophageal dilations are performed when there is a stricture or abnormal narrowing of the esophagus, states Jane Allaire, RN, CGRN, a nurse endoscopist at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda,
text: Dilation by balloon greater than 30 mm diameter for treatment of achalasia: When esophageal dilation is being performed to treat achalasia, the muscle fibers of the lower esophageal sphincter are broken and not just stretched with a balloon dilator that is greater than 30 mm in diameter.