Endoscopic therapy for Barrett's esophagus
By: edited by Richard E. Sampliner
Series: Clinical gastroenterology; Clinical gastroenterology
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781603274449
Subjects: Esophageal Neoplasms; Endoscopic surgery; Chirurgie; Methods; Chirurgie endoscopique; Endoscopy; Esophagus; Esophagoscopy; Barrett Esophagus; Méthodes; Oesophagoscopie; Oesophage de Barrett; Endoscopie; Surgery; Tumeurs de l'oesophage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: New technologies for imaging of Barrett's esophagus; title: Argon plasma coagulation in Barrett's esophagus: the most widely available technique; title: Radiofrequency ablation for eradication of Barrett's esophagus: a description of the endoscopic technique, its clinical results, and future prospects; title: Decision making in ablation: disease, patients, and institutional factors; title: Multipolar electrocoagulation (MPEC): an early, widely available technique; title: Endoscopic mucosal resection in Barrett's esophagus: endoscopic surgery; title: Combination: multimodal therapy; title: Photodynamic therapy (PDT): the best-validated technique; title: Cyroablation of Barrett's esophagus; title: Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic therapy for Barrett's esophagus.