Results of treatment of patients with post-burn strictures of the esophagus by the booging method

To date, treatment of cicatricial post-burn strictures of the esophagus remains one of the main challenges of thoracic surgery. Despite the signifi cant number of diff erent treatment methods, the number of patients requiring it, does not decrease. Conservative methods are mostly ineff ective. Bougienage of the esophagus remains the main method of treating scar strictures after burns.