Short- and long-term efficacy of endoscopic balloon dilation in Crohn’s disease strictures

Figure 1 Images of Crohn’s disease-related stricture in one patient. A: Direct visualization of the ileal stricture; B: Inflation of the endoscopic balloon under fluoroscopic control; C: Direct visualization of the bowel site after the endoscopic balloon dilation.

Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curves for intervals free of surgery or endoscopic dilation. A: Kaplan-Meier curve for interval free of surgery after endoscopic balloon dilation or re-dilation; B: Kaplan-Meier curve for interval free of re-dilation during the follow-up period; C: Kaplan-Meier curve for the interval free of re-dilation over the follow-up period for patients with naive (in gray) and post-operative (in black) strictures.