Management of Barrett's esophagus: Screening to newer treatments
Barrett's esophagus is a premalignant condition of the esophagus in which the squamous epithelium of the lower end of the esophagus is replaced with columnar epithelium.
V. Thoguluva Chandrasekar +2 more
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Barrett's esophagus in childhood [PDF]
This study describes the clinical, radiologic, esophageal function test, endoscopic, and histologic findings of Barrett's esophagus in 11 children aged 6-14 yr. All had long-standing symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux, which had begun in the first year of life in 10 of the 11.
Wilfred M. Weinstein +2 more
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Progression to cancer in patients with confirmed dysplasia compared to dysplasia downgraded to non-dysplastic metaplasia in Barrett’s esophagus: a retrospective cohort study in Sweden [PDF]
Background/Aims This study aimed to clarify the risk of progression in patients with non-dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus (NDBE) and patients with confirmed low-grade dysplasia (LGD) and indefinite for dysplasia (IND) after an expert pathologist review of ...
Peter Elbe +6 more
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Objective: To efficiently store, transfer, and analyze whole slide imaging (WSI), we developed an image-processing algorithm to remove the unneeded background in a WSI and assemble tissue-containing parts into smaller WSIs without any change in tissue ...
Shahriar Faghani, MD +4 more
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Dysphagia after Colon Interposition Graft for Esophageal Carcinoma
Colon interposition is an established technique for esophageal reconstruction. We describe the case of primary adenocarcinoma arising in a colonic interposition graft that was performed after total esophagectomy for recurrence adenocarcinoma derived ...
C. Spitali, K. De Vogelaere, G. Delvaux
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MicroRNA dysregulation and esophageal cancer development depend on the extent of zinc dietary deficiency [PDF]
open9siopenFong, Louise Y.; Taccioli, Cristian; Jing, Ruiyan; Smalley, Karl J.; Alder, Hansjuerg; Jiang, Yubao; Fadda, Paolo; Farber, John L.; Croce, Carlo M.Fong, Louise Y.; Taccioli, Cristian; Jing, Ruiyan; Smalley, Karl J.; Alder, Hansjuerg; Jiang ...
Alder, Hansjuerg +8 more
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Modern aspects of treatment of hiatal hernia and its main complications
The aim. To evaluate the features and results of minimally invasive surgical treatment of patients with hiatal hernia (HH) and its main complications using modern endoscopic and laparoscopic technologies. Materials and methods.
A. Yu. Usenko +4 more
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Management of Barrett’s Esophagus [PDF]
There have been major recent advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis and epidemiology of Barrett’s esophagus and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus. The advent of potent acid suppression with proton pump inhibitors and safe, minimally invasive antireflux procedures has made alleviating symptoms and eliminating peptic complications achievable ...
Ziad Younes +2 more
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Esophageal replacement in children: Challenges and long-term outcomes
Replacement of a nonexistent or damaged esophagus continues to pose a significant challenge to pediatric surgeons. Various esophageal replacement grafts and techniques have not produced consistently good outcomes to emulate normal esophagus.
Giampiero Soccorso, Dakshesh H Parikh
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Keratin 7 expression as an early marker of reflux-related columnar mucosa without intestinal metaplasia in the esophagus [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The role of Barrett esophagus in carcinogenesis is widely accepted, but the significance of esophageal columnar mucosa without histological intestinal metaplasia, known as columnar-lined esophagus, is debated. MATERIAL/METHODS: We studied 128
Aragona, F. +7 more
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