Table 2.
Demographics and stricture characteristics
| Proximal esophagus (n = 5) | Distal esophagus (n = 4) | Stomach (n = 6) | Duodenum (n =4) | Colon (n = 2) | Total (n = 21) | |
| Age, mean (yr) | 54 | 68.5 | 59 | 65.8 | 77 | 62.6 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 3 (60.0) | 3 (75.0) | 2 (33.3) | 2 (50.0) | 10 (47.6) | |
| Female | 2 (40.0) | 1 (25.0) | 4 (66.7) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (100.0) | 11 (52.4) |
| Etiology | ||||||
| Post-surgery/radiation | 4 (80.0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (66.7) | 1 (25.0) | 2 (100.0) | 14 (65.2) |
| Peptic | 1 (16.7) | 2 (50.0) | 3 (13.0) | |||
| Chronic pancreatitis | 1 (25.0) | 1 (4.3) | ||||
| Caustic ingestion | 1 (20.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (16.7) | 3 (13.0) | ||
| Types of prior treatments | ||||||
| Balloon dilatation | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| > 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fully-covered stents | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Prior migration | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Stricturoplasty | 1 | 1 |