Efficacy of Topical Mitomycin C for Complex Benign Esophageal Anastomotic Strictures

Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent and HIPAA consent document * Patients must have symptomatic (dysphagia ≥2), treatment naïve complex esophageal anastomotic stricture (length \>2 cm or diameter ≤9mm). * Age ≥ 18 * Esophago-gastro or esophago-jejunal anastomosis with or without having undergone neoadjuvant or adjuvant radio-chemotherapy * Any patient taking antiplatelet agents such as Plavix, Effient, Brilinta, Aggrenox must be able to hold the drugs 5 days prior to dilation and may resume 3 days after the dilation. * Any patient on vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin must be able to hold the drugs 5 days prior to dilation and may resume 3 days after the dilation. INR should be checked for such patients at least 24 hours before dilation and it must be \< 1.5 * Patients taking direct thrombin inhibitors such as Pradaxa, Angiomax must be able to hold the drugs 5 days prior to dilation and may resume 3 days after the dilation * Patients taking Factor Xa inhibitors must be able to hold the drugs 2 days prior to dilation and may resume 3 days after dilation * Patients taking GIIB/IIIA inhibitors must be able to hold the drugs1 day prior to dilation and resume 3 days after the dilation. * Patients taking unfractionated heparin must be able to hold the drug 6 hours before dilation and low molecular weight heparin must be held 24 hours before dilation. Unfractionated heparin may resume immediately after the dilation whil…