Esophageal Anastomotic Stricturotomy: Electroincision Therapy with a Needle Knife

[...]there is a small group of patients with refractory or recurrent stenosis, in which there is an inability to achieve a 14-mm esophageal diameter despite 5 dilation sessions at 2-week intervals, or after achieving the 14-mm target, this diameter is not sustained over a 4-week interval [4]. Statement of Ethics This study neither required informed consent nor review/approval by the appropriate ethics committee. João Fernandesa,b, Diogo Libânioa,c, Sílvia Giestasa, José Ramadaa, David Martinez-Aresa, Jorge Canenad, Luís Lopesa,e,f aGastroenterology Department, Hospital Santa Luzia, Viana do Castelo, Portugal bGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar Cova da Beira EPE, Covilhã, Portugal cGastroenterology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, Porto, Portugal dGastroenterology Department, Hospital Cuf Infante Santo, Lisbon, Portugal eLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal fICVS/3B’s – PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal 1 Samanta J, Dhaka N, Sinha SK, Kochhar R: