Complete ablation of esophageal epithelium with a balloon-based bipolar electrode: A phased evaluation in the porcine and in the human esophagus

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1002-1010

  Ganz, Robert A ^a   Utley, David S ^a   Stern, Roger A ^a   Jackson, Jerome ^a   Batts, Kenneth P ^a   Termin, Paul ^a  

^a ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON; DENSITY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SWINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REOPERATION; SWINE; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 10644233876     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02220-5     Document Type: Article

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