Systemic steroid application for treatment of edematous anastomotic stenosis following delta-shaped anastomosis in laparoscopic distal gastrectomy: a case report

Table 1 Details of the cases that underwent successful steroid treatment for anastomotic stenosis

Case number	Author (Year)	Sex	Age	Anastomotic location	Condition^a	Anastomosis method^b	EBD	Administration method	Steroid dose
Case 1	Satomi et al. (2018) [6]	Male	72	Transverse colon	Edema	Stapler	–	Local injection, Systemic steroid	Multi-dose
		Male	72	Sigmoid colon	Edema	Stapler	–	Systemic steroid	Multi-dose
		Female	24	Sigmoid colon	Edema	Stapler	–	Systemic steroid	Multi-dose
		Female	36	Transverse colon	Edema	Manual	–	Systemic steroid	Multi-dose
Case 2	Tsuneda et al. (2019) [7]	Male	68	Transverse colon	Edema	Manual	–	Local injection, Systemic steroid	Multi-dose
Case 3	Fujihata et al. (2017) [8]	Female	79	Stomach, duodenum	Edema	Stapler	–	Systemic steroid	Multi-dose
Case 4	Our case (2019)	Male	72	Stomach, duodenum	Edema	Stapler	+	Local injection, Systemic steroid	Multi-dose

Cases 1–3 were reported in Japanese
EBD endoscopic balloon dilatation
^a: endoscopic appearance of anastomotic part, ^b: the method of anastomosis on enterotomy

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