Double Lumen Poliamid Tube-Stent for the Treatment of Recurrent Post-corrosive Oesophageal Stenosis.

This paper presents the results of endoscopic treatment for recurrent post-corrosive oesophageal stenosis with a tube-stent developed at our institution. The tube-stent was implanted in five children with corrosive oesophageal injury at the age of 2-8.5 years after 7-64 dilatation sessions over 5-118 months. In total, 13 tube-stent were implanted. One patient had nine procedures over 2.5 years and the tube-stent remained in place for 14-250 days. This patient was tube-stent-dependent due to the lack of any possibility of surgical reconstruction. Two patients had the tube-stent removed after 150-205 days and they remain free from oesophageal restenosis. One patient did not tolerate the tube-stent, evacuated it after 1 day and was referred for surgical oesophagus replacement. One patient is currently still being treated with the tube-stent. Tube-stent was well tolerated and it may be effective in children with recurrent critical post-corrosive oesophageal stenosis. (C) 2016 by European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology,

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