Stepwise radiofrequency ablation of Barrett's esophagus preserves esophageal inner diameter, compliance, and motility

Endoscopy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-8

  Beaumont, H ^a   Gondrie, J J ^a   McMahon, B P ^b   Pouw, R E ^a   Gregersen, H ^c   Bergman, J J ^a   Boeckxstaens, G E ^a,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLIANCE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62249157396     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103451     Document Type: Article

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