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*Anorexia
*Anorexia
*Weight loss
*Weight loss
[[Image:Oesophageal Stricture Flouroscopy.png|thumb|right|300px|Oesophageal Stricture Flouroscopy - Copyright David Walker RVC]]
*Malnutrition
*Malnutrition
*Ptyalism
*Ptyalism
Oesophagoscopy is used for a definitive diagnosis. It should be used to confirm the site and severity of the stricture and also to exclude the presence of an intraluminal mass.
Oesophagoscopy is used for a definitive diagnosis. It should be used to confirm the site and severity of the stricture and also to exclude the presence of an intraluminal mass.
==Treatment==
==Treatment==
*Dilation/widening of the stricture by ballooning or bougienage.
*Dilation/widening of the stricture by ballooning or bougienage.
*Surgical resection is not recommended because iatrogenic strictures at the anastomotic site are possible.
*Surgical resection is not recommended because iatrogenic strictures at the anastomotic site are possible.
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==