Strictures

What are Strictures?

Abnormal narrowings of the digestive tract, usually in the esophagus, bile duct, pancreatic duct or pylorus. Strictures can be cancerous or non-cancerous and are caused by scar tissue or tumors that obstruct the tract and interfere with normal GI function. For example, acid reflux can cause damage to the esophagus and the resulting scar tissue can narrow the esophagus and cause a stricture.


Common Symptoms

Strictures sometimes display symptoms like difficult or painful swallowing, heartburn, regurgitation or vomiting, and frequent hiccupping or burping.


Treatments

Strictures are treated using an advanced procedure called Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).


Swallowing And Reflux Program

Are you like one in five Americans who have trouble swallowing or suffer from Acid Reflux? Click below to see how Hartford HealthCare is prepared to help you.

Swallowing And Reflux Program

Are you like one in five Americans who have trouble swallowing or suffer from Acid Reflux? Click below to see how Hartford HealthCare is prepared to help you.


Meet Our ERCP Specialists

Name Specialties Location
Sheth, Tejas V., MD, FACR, RhMSUS Sheth, Tejas V., MD, FACR, RhMSUS
4.8 /5
278 surveys
860.524.2610
  • Rheumatology
  • Hartford
  • New Britain
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Bao, Shanshan, MD Bao, Shanshan, MD 860.289.3375
  • Pediatric Radiology
  • Hartford
Bleich, Steven, MD Bleich, Steven, MD 860.522.0604
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Glastonbury
Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC Padegimas, Allison Seinmetz, MD, FACC 203.265.9831
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Wallingford
  • Cheshire
  • West Hartford
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Pahlawanian, Anahid Maria, DO Pahlawanian, Anahid Maria, DO 860.246.6589
  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • East Hartford
Pousatis, Sheelagh, MD Pousatis, Sheelagh, MD
4.9 /5
82 surveys
860.696.5520
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Hartford
Richardson, Elizabeth Ann, DO Richardson, Elizabeth Ann, DO 860.972.4262
  • Gastroenterology
  • Hartford
  • Hartford
  • Bridgeport
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Kapur, Sakshi, MD Kapur, Sakshi, MD 860.258.3480
  • Hematology / Oncology
  • Wethersfield
Daoud, Vladimir Paul, MD Daoud, Vladimir Paul, MD 860.246.2071
  • General Surgery
  • Bloomfield
  • Avon
  • West Hartford
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Rowe, Courtney Kaohinani, MD Rowe, Courtney Kaohinani, MD 860.545.9395
  • Pediatric Urology
  • Hartford
Sheth, Anumeha, MD Sheth, Anumeha, MD
4.7 /5
53 surveys
860.972.3600
  • Neurology
  • Hartford
  • Southington
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Khaled, Mohamad, MD, FAANS, FACS Khaled, Mohamad, MD, FAANS, FACS
4.9 /5
88 surveys
860.696.2290
  • Neurosurgery
  • Hartford
  • Enfield
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Altszuler, David Jay, MD Altszuler, David Jay, MD 203.265.9831
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Glastonbury
  • Wallingford
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Hannon Engel, Sandra Lee, APRN Hannon Engel, Sandra Lee, APRN 860.545.7000
  • Psychiatry
  • Hartford
D'Angelo, Kyla, DO, FACC D'Angelo, Kyla, DO, FACC 860.258.3477
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Wethersfield
  • Farmington
  • Glastonbury
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Barbour, Mohamad Firas, MD Barbour, Mohamad Firas, MD
4.9 /5
177 surveys
860.242.8756
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Bloomfield
Griffith, John James, MD Griffith, John James, MD
4.9 /5
361 surveys
860.348.2500
  • Urology
  • Southington
  • Plainville
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Tsang, Alexander Chi-Shun, MD Tsang, Alexander Chi-Shun, MD 860.943.1997
  • Ophthalmology
  • Bloomfield
Chaudhary, Ahmed Aziz, MD Chaudhary, Ahmed Aziz, MD 860.892.2777
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Norwich
Zhao, Ran, MD Zhao, Ran, MD 860.545.7600
  • Psychiatry
  • Hartford
Malentacchi, Meghan Elizabeth, MD Malentacchi, Meghan Elizabeth, MD 860.728.1212
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Hartford
Holub, Meredith Sullivan, DO Holub, Meredith Sullivan, DO
4.9 /5
192 surveys
860.524.4550
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Hartford
  • Wethersfield
  • Glastonbury
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Olayanju, Jessica Adefusika, MD Olayanju, Jessica Adefusika, MD 860.347.7466
  • Ophthalmology
  • Middletown
Jean-Baptiste, Deborah Michelle, APRN Jean-Baptiste, Deborah Michelle, APRN 860.696.2400
  • Occupational Medicine
  • Wethersfield
Srinivasan, Aparna, MD Srinivasan, Aparna, MD 203.845.2160
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Norwalk

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