Table 1:
DILATION APPROACH | ENDOSCOPY | STRICTURE NUMBER | |||||||
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ANTEROGRADE | RETROGRADE | P value | YES | NO | P value | SINGLE | MULTIPLE | P value | |
TOTAL DILATIONS | 209 | 22 | 190 | 41 | 169 | 62 | |||
Mean Age (years) | 9.3 | 10.8 | 0.182 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 0.033 | 8.3 | 12.7 | <0.001 |
Female (%) | 66% | 50% | 0.353 | 63% | 73% | 0.201 | 65% | 65% | 0.998 |
Interval (days) | 224 | 245 | 0.677 | 168 | 142 | 0.005 | 192 | 330 | <0.001 |
ADVERSE EVENTS 1 | |||||||||
Grade 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
Grade 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
Grade 3 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 4 | |||
Grade 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Grade 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
AE- ALL GRADES | 20 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 7 | |||
AEs GRADES ≥2 | 17 | 3 | 0.417 | 19 | 1 | 0.215 | 14 | 6 | 0.793 |
Subjects could have >1 type of AE at the same time. Among the 23 dilations associated with ≥1 AE, there were a total of 29 different types of AEs.