Esophageal strictures: Management beyond dilation

Table 1 It enumerate various benign causes of esophageal stricture

Intrinsic esophageal disorders	Iatrogenic or accidental
Peptic esophagitis	Postsurgical-anastomotic
Eosinophilic esophagitis	Post-radiation therapy
Miscellaneous disorders of the squamous epithelium (e.g., scleroderma, epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, pemphigus and pemphigoid, lichen planus)	Endoscopic therapy; post endoscopic resection-endoscopic mucosal resection/endoscopic submucosal dissection; radiofrequency ablation; variceal band ligation
Motility disorders (e.g., achalasia)	Long-term nasogastric feeding tubes
Rings and webs (e.g., Schatzki ring)	Caustic ingestion