TY - JOUR T1 - Comparison of the Eder-Puestow and Celestin techniques for dilating benign oesophageal strictures. JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1100 LP - 1102 DO - 10.1136/gut.25.10.1100 VL - 25 IS - 10 AU - K R Hine AU - C J Hawkey AU - M Atkinson AU - G K Holmes Y1 - 1984/10/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/25/10/1100.abstract N2 - The Celestin and Eder-Puestow methods of dilating benign oesophageal strictures have been compared prospectively in a randomised trial. One hundred and thirty three dilatations were performed on 72 patients. There was no significant difference between the two techniques with regard to the long term relief of symptoms. Celestin dilatation was quicker, less likely to cause pharyngeal trauma, and less damaging to guide wires. It could not be used, however, in those patients in whom only a short length of guide wire could be passed through the stricture. ER -