Affiliation:
1. Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University
Abstract
To date, treatment of cicatricial post-burn strictures of the esophagus remains one of the main challenges of thoracic surgery. Despite the signifi cant number of diff erent treatment methods, the number of patients requiring it, does not decrease. Conservative methods are mostly ineff ective. Bougienage of the esophagus remains the main method of treating scar strictures after burns.
Publisher
Medical Informational Agency Publishers
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