On study entry, 126 patients were classified into the pain-predominant group and 137 patients into the dysmotility-predominant group. Thirty-five patients were excluded because of peptic ulcer ...

An endoscopy can diagnose eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), but it’s also an important tool for monitoring how well medical therapy is working — especially when you switch treatment types. “Typically an ...

The variability of eosinophilic infiltrates in eosinophilic esophagitis is not well described. This study aimed to determine the distribution of esophageal eosinophilia and the utility of histologic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with Barrett’s esophagus preferred endoscopic ablation over chemoprevention for prevention of ...

Endoscopy has a vital role in the diagnosis, screening, surveillance and treatment of Barrett esophagus. Over the past few decades, tremendous advances have been made in endoscopic technology, and the ...

People with heartburn or other symptoms of acid reflux often undergo a procedure called an upper endoscopy, but most of these patients do not need it, according to new guidelines. Heartburn patients ...

A multi-center US registry study examining the treatment of Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia showed that in 92 patients treated with endoscopic circumferential ablation who had at least ...

Researchers set out to compare radiofrequency ablation and endoscopic surveillance in Barrett’s esophagus patients with low-grade dysplasia in a recent study published in the Journal of the American ...

From November 2004 to March 2005, 263 consecutive patients who were referred for diagnostic investigation to the Gastroenterology Clinic of Asan Medical Center, presenting dyspepsia without heartburn ...