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А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bulganina</surname><given-names>N. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Булганина Наталья Анатольевна, к. м. н., старший научный сотрудник эндоскопического отделения</p><p>119991 г. Москва, Абрикосовский пер., д. 2</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Nataliya A. Bulganina, Department of Endoscopy, Scientifi c Employee, PhD</p><p>119991 Moscow, Abrikosovskiy per., 2, Russia</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kuzma73@ya.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Годжелло</surname><given-names>Э. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Godzhello</surname><given-names>E. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Годжелло Элина Алексеевна, д. м. н., главный научный сотрудник эндоскопического отделения</p><p>119991 г. Москва, Абрикосовский пер., д. 2</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Elina A. Godzhello, Department of Endoscopy, Chief Scientifi c Employee, MD, PhD</p><p>119991 Moscow, Abrikosovskiy per., 2, Russia</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Хрусталева</surname><given-names>М. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Khrustaleva</surname><given-names>M. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Хрусталева Марина Валерьевна, д. м. н., руководитель эндоскопического отделения</p><p>119991 г. Москва, Абрикосовский пер., д. 2</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Marina V. Khrustaleva, Department of Endoscopy, Head of the Department, MD, PhD</p><p>119991 Moscow, Abrikosovskiy per., 2, Russia</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дехтяр</surname><given-names>М. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Dekhtyar</surname><given-names>M. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Дехтяр Марина Александровна, к. м. н., врач эндоскопического отделения</p><p>119991 г. Москва, Абрикосовский пер., д. 2</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Marina A. Dekhtyar, Department of Endoscopy, Physician, PhD</p><p>119991 Moscow, Abrikosovskiy per., 2, Russia</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Федеральное государственное бюджетное научное учреждение «Российский научный центр хирургии имени академика Б. В. Петровского»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>The Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Petrovsky National Research Center of Surgery”</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2021</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>18</day><month>08</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>5</issue><fpage>31</fpage><lpage>38</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Булганина Н.А., Годжелло Э.А., Хрусталева М.В., Дехтяр М.А., 2021</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Булганина Н.А., Годжелло Э.А., Хрусталева М.В., Дехтяр М.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bulganina N.A., Godzhello E.A., Khrustaleva M.V., Dekhtyar M.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.nogr.org/jour/article/view/1655">https://www.nogr.org/jour/article/view/1655</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Цель исследования</title><p>Цель исследования. Ретроспективно проанализировать собственный опыт применения внутристеночных инъекций дексаметазона при эндоскопическом бужировании склонных к рецидиву или очень плотных (рефрактерных) доброкачественных рубцовых стриктур пищевода и пищеводных анастомозов.</p></sec><sec><title>Материалы и методы</title><p>Материалы и методы. С 2013 года по март 2021 года этот метод был применен у 43 пациентов (26 — мужчин, 17 — женщин) со склонными к рестенозу пептическими (11), рубцовыми (8), ожоговыми (6) стриктурами пищевода и стриктурами пищеводных анастомозов (18). Инъекции дексаметазона в зону сужения выполняли с помощью иглы, проведенной по каналу эндоскопа, как дополнение к поддерживающему бужированию.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. После инъекций дексаметазона у 41 (95,3%) из 43 пациентов был достигнут удовлетворительный диаметр просвета, при котором симптомы дисфагии исчезли на длительное время без рецидивов. У большинства пациентов просвет в зоне стриктуры стабилизировался на диаметре 8–18 мм (в среднем 13 мм). При стриктурах пищевода удалось добиться диаметра 8–14 мм (в среднем 11 мм), а при стриктурах анастомозов — 10–18 мм (в среднем 14 мм).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Стандартный алгоритм эндоскопического бужирования, разработанный в эндоскопическом отделении ФГБНУ «РНЦХ им. акад. Б. В. Петровского», при тенденции стриктуры к рестенозу был дополнен внутристеночными инъекциями дексаметазона. Данное комбинированное эндоскопическое лечение позволило увеличивать диаметр бужей и интервалы между бужированиями за счет стабилизации рубцового каркаса и завершить эндоскопическое лечение с удовлетворительным результатом у 95,3% пациентов.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Purpose of the study</title><p>Purpose of the study. To analyze retrospectively our own experience of using intramural dexamethasone injections during endoscopic bougienage of recurrent or very tight (refractory) benign cicatricial strictures of the esophagus and esophageal anastomoses.</p></sec><sec><title>Materials and methods</title><p>Materials and methods. From 2013 to March 2021, this method was applied in 43 patients (26 — men, 17 — women) with peptic (11), cicatricial (8), burn (6) esophageal strictures and strictures of anastomoses (18) prone to restenosis. Dexamethasone was injected into the constricted area with a needle passed through the endoscope biopsy channel as an addition to supportive bougienage.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. After dexamethasone injections, 41 (95.3%) of 43 patients achieved a satisfactory lumen diameter, at which the symptoms of dysphagia disappeared for a long time without relapse. In most patients, the lumen in the stricture zone stabilized at a diameter of 8–18 mm (average 13 mm). With strictures of the esophagus, it was possible to achieve a diameter of 8–14 mm (average 11 mm), and with strictures of the anastomoses — 10–18 mm (average 14 mm).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. With the tendency of stricture to restenosis, the standard algorithm for endoscopic bougienage, developed in the endoscopy department of the “Petrovsky National Research Center of Surgery”, was supplemented with intramural injections of dexamethasone. This combined endoscopic treatment made it possible to increase the diameter of the bougie and the intervals between bougienage due to the stabilization of the scar frame and to complete the endoscopic treatment with a satisfactory result in 95.3% of patients.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>эндоскопическое бужирование</kwd><kwd>стриктуры пищевода</kwd><kwd>стриктуры пищеводных анастомозов</kwd><kwd>рестеноз</kwd><kwd>дексаметазон</kwd><kwd>интрамуральные инъекции</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>endoscopic bougienage</kwd><kwd>esophageal strictures</kwd><kwd>esophageal anastomosis stricture</kwd><kwd>restenosis</kwd><kwd>dexamethasone</kwd><kwd>intramural injection</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Gandhi R.P., Cooper A., Barlow B. A. Successful management of esophageal strictures without resection or replacement. 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