Predictive factors for the success of endoscopic dilation of esophageal caustic stricture: the experience of a French tertiary reference center.

Nassim Hammoudi, Audrey Giaoui, Jérôme Lambert, Marion Dhooge, Hélène Corte, My-Linh Tran-Minh, Pierre Cattan, Jean-Marc Gornet

Surgical endoscopy 2022 Aug

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Predictors of the efficacy of endoscopic dilation for caustic esophageal stricture have been poorly studied. All patients undergoing an endoscopic dilation for an esophageal caustic stricture between 1990 and 2015 in a French national reference center were included. Success of dilation was defined by self-food autonomy without the need for reconstructive esophageal surgery. During the study period, 894 patients were admitted after caustic ingestion. Among them, 101 patients developed esophageal stricture and 92 patients were eligible for analysis (missing data in 8 cases, 1 patient died before endoscopic dilation). In this cohort (median age 42 years, women 53%, strong alkali 74%, suicide attempt 77%, hydrostatic balloon use 93%), the overall success rate of dilation was 57% with a median number of 3 dilation sessions (274 sessions, range 1-17). Factors predicting the success of the procedure were: non-inflammatory stricture or non-inflammatory intercalated mucosa between stricture (88% vs 47%, p = 0.001), a single stricture versus 2 or more strictures (69% vs 47% vs 33%, respectively, p = 0.04), a stricture of less than 5 cm (70% vs 27%, p < 0.001) and the existence of mild/ moderately tight or very tight stricture (70% vs 21% of success, p < 0.001). Perforation rate was 6.5% (18/274) requiring emergency surgery in 2 cases. Several characteristics of caustic esophageal strictures are significantly associated with the success rate of endoscopic dilation. Our data may be useful for customizing treatment strategies in patients with a caustic stricture. © 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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Nassim Hammoudi, Audrey Giaoui, Jérôme Lambert, Marion Dhooge, Hélène Corte, My-Linh Tran-Minh, Pierre Cattan, Jean-Marc Gornet. Predictive factors for the success of endoscopic dilation of esophageal caustic stricture: the experience of a French tertiary reference center. Surgical endoscopy. 2022 Aug;36(8):5660-5668