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Patients characteristics
| Number of patients | n = 30 |
| Number of dilatations | 47 |
| Gender: male/female | 22/8 |
| Age at EBD (mean ± SD), yr | 32.5 ± 10.5 |
| Disease duration (mean ± SD), yr | 12.8 ± 8.0 |
| Median follow-up | 26 mo (range, 2-172 mo) |
| Medical therapy at first dilatation (%) | |
| None | 0 |
| 5-aminosalicylic acid: | 86.7 |
| Steroids: | 13.3 |
| Azathioprine/6-mercaptoprine: | 20.0 |
| Infliximab | 13.3 |
| Elemental diet: | 33.3 |
| Total parental nutrition: | 16.7 |
EBD: Endoscopic balloon dilatation.
