Table 1 The general data of the paitents
| Â | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 | Case 5 | Case 6 | Case 7 | Case 8 | Case 9 | Case 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | F | M | M | M | M | M | F | F | M | M |
Age | 44 | 35 | 58 | 45 | 39 | 59 | 44 | 53 | 56 | 38 |
Cirrhosis | HEB | HEB | ALC | HEB | HEB | HEB | HEB | HEB | HEB | HEB |
Child–Pugh | B | A | B | A | C | B | B | A | A | C |
HCC | − | − |  +  | − | − |  +  | − | − | − | − |
Portal thrombosis | − | − | − | − |  +  | − | − |  +  |  +  | − |
Splenectomy | − |  +  | − |  +  | − | − | − | − |  +  | − |
Antiviral therapy |  +  | − |  +  |  +  | − |  +  | − |  +  |  +  | + |
EIS treatment/number of times | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Balloon treatment 4/number of times | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Degree of stricture before treatment | II | III | IV | II | II | III | III | IV | III | III |
Degree of stricture after treatment | O | O | I | O | O | O | I | III | O | I |
Direction of scar /o'clock | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Distance to incisor/centimeter | 38 | 37 | 34 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 38 |
Thickness of scar/millimetre | 1.1 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
Relief of stricture |  +  |  +  |  +  |  +  |  +  |  +  |  +  | − |  +  |  +  |