In a double-blind randomized fashion , 19 patients ( 68 % male with mean age of 53-years old ) with non-dilated esophagogastric complex strictures after esophagectomy with gastric pull-up were assigned to receive dilation alone ( control ) or 40 mg of triamcinolone at the borders of the wall lacerations caused by the bougienage in each dilation session during the study follow-up .