Steroid Versus Mitomycin-C Use in Pediatric Benign Recurrent Esophageal Stricture

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients up to 16 years of age belonging to both genders * Patients with single esophageal stricture * Patients with benign recurrent esophageal strictures * Patients with any etiology for esophageal stricture including; post-corrosive, congenital, post-anastomotic and eosinophilic. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients unfit for anesthesia and/or hemodynamic instability * Patients with hemostatic disorder (platelets \<50,000 or international normalized ratio \>1.5) * Patients who have undergone esophageal surgery in last one month * Patients with complications such as; stricture perforation, signs of air leak or mediastinitis * Those with hypersensitivity to Mitomycin- C * Patients with multiple strictures