Treatment of ultralong-segment Barrett's using focal and balloon-based radiofrequency ablation

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 786-791

  Vassiliou, Melina C ^a   Von Renteln, Daniel ^b   Wiener, Daniel C ^c   Gordon, Stuart R ^d   Rothstein, Richard I ^d  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b KLINIKUM LUDWIGSBURG   (Germany)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Endoscopic therapy; Long segment Barrett's; Radiofrequency Ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77952545415     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0639-4     Document Type: Article

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