Ryan A J Campagna,Eric S Hungness
Ryan A J Campagna
Achalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder that necessitates the disruption of the lower esophageal sphincter. Patients with achalasia should be evaluated in a systematic, multidisciplinary fashion. Workup should include upper endosco...
Swathi Eluri,Nicholas J Shaheen
Swathi Eluri
Endoscopic eradication therapy (EET), the standard of care for treatment of Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia and early neoplasia, consists of a combination of endoscopic resection and ablative modalities. Resection techniques primarily in...
A working paradigm for the treatment of obesity in gastrointestinal practice [0.03%]
胃肠病学实践中的肥胖症治疗工作范例
Andres Acosta,Michael Camilleri
Andres Acosta
Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, multi-factorial disease characterized by abnormal or excessive adipose tissue accumulation that may impair health and increase disease risks. Despite the ever-increasing prevalence and economic and societal ...
Endoscopy and cross-sectional imaging for assessing Crohn׳s disease activity [0.03%]
内镜和影像学评估克罗恩病活动度
Ryan W Stidham,Raymond K Cross
Ryan W Stidham
Crohn's disease (CD) is principally characterized by chronic and recurrent inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly found in the ileo-colonic region. The chronicity and severity of intestinal inflammation together contribut...
Piotr R Slawinski,Keith L Obstein,Pietro Valdastri
Piotr R Slawinski
Capsule endoscopy (CE) has transformed from a research venture into a widely used clinical tool and the primary means for diagnosing small bowel pathology. These orally administered capsules traverse passively through the gastrointestinal t...
Kenneth K Wang
Kenneth K Wang
It may be questioned if PDT is still relevant for practicing gastroenterologists since other types of therapy have currently gained momentum. Important aspects of PDT that continue its development are it's intrinsic applicability to the lum...
Philip S Schoenfeld,Jonathan Cohen
Philip S Schoenfeld
The growing importance of colonoscopy in the prevention of colorectal cancer has stimulated an effort to identify and track quality indicators for this procedure. Several factors have been identified so far which are readily measurable and ...
Rhonda F Souza
Rhonda F Souza
Biomarkers are substances that can be used to indicate normal or diseased states. In clinical settings, the term biomarker generally refers to a molecular marker produced by tissues whose detection heralds a diseased state. For patients wit...
Matt Atkinson,Amitabh Chak
Matt Atkinson
Barrett's esophagus (BE) increases the risk for development of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Because of the rapid rise in incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma, screening for BE with subsequent surveillance when found has been proposed as a m...