Esophageal dilation

Esophageal dilation
Esophageal dilation
	Esophagal Bougie Dilator
Specialty	gastroenterology
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Esophageal dilation or oesophageal dilatation (British English) is a therapeutic endoscopic procedure that enlarges the lumen of the esophagus.^[1]

^ Welsh JD, Griffiths WJ, McKee J, Wilkinson D, Flournoy DJ, Mohr JA (April 1983). "Bacteremia associated with esophageal dilatation". J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 5 (2): 109–12. doi:10.1097/00004836-198304000-00003. PMID 6853983.

[1] Welsh JD, Griffiths WJ, McKee J, Wilkinson D, Flournoy DJ, Mohr JA (April 1983). "Bacteremia associated with esophageal dilatation". J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 5 (2): 109–12. doi:10.1097/00004836-198304000-00003. PMID 6853983.

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