Reply to "Questions About Endoscopic Balloon Dilation"

RinaJPMember

Hi CT. I had dilation on the inlet when I had my j-pouch. The problem with doing dilation on biologics is that even if you dilate the stricture, the biologic would ultimately close the stricture back to what it was. I had the stricture dilated twice, but each time the stricture closed to about a pinhole. I was on stelara at the time. Also, dilation made the stricture structurally unstable in which it made a U shape. Ultimately, nothing could pass through the U-shaped stricture and I had my j-pouch removed and am now with a Crohn’s diagnosis because of the stricture.

Good luck balloon dilation if you do decide on doing it.

-Rina

7/15/2112:48 PM

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