The Effect of Prednisone in the Prevention of Esophageal Stricture Following the Ingestion of Lye

Corticosteroids for Preventing Caustic Esophageal Strictures

“…We identified 763 citations from the database searches and reference list assessments. After screening by titles and abstracts, we excluded 746 studies and retrieved 17 full manuscripts that were potentially eligible for inclusion in the review (10,(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30). A flow chart detailing the studies' selection process is shown in Figure 1.…”

Bronchoesophagology: Summaries of the Bibliographic Material Available in the Field of Otolaryngology for 1958

“…123 Of the 14 patients receiving full treat¬ ment, 3 developed stricture; of 4 receiving less than the full course 2 developed stric¬ ture ; 5 patients were started on prednisone therapy, but the drug was discontinued when esophagoscopy failed to demonstrate a stric¬ ture. Complications included a perforated gastric ulcer and two instances of esophageal perforation, one of which was due to esophagoscopy and the other followed retro¬ grade bougienage.…”