TY - JOUR
T1 - Mucosal ablation devices
AU - Rodriguez, Sarah A.
AU - Adler, Douglas G.
AU - Chand, Bipan
AU - Conway, Jason D.
AU - Diehl, David L.
AU - Kantsevoy, Sergey V.
AU - Kwon, Richard S.
AU - Mamula, Petar
AU - Shah, Raj J.
AU - Wong Kee Song, Louis Michel
AU - Tierney, William M.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - APC and MPEC are widely available efficacious methods of treating a variety of superficial bleeding and neoplastic lesions. Use of these methods in the ablation of BE has yielded mixed results, with a very limited number of large series. The radiofrequency balloon ablation device has a very low rate of complications, ablates a large field with uniform depth, and appears efficacious in ablating HGD. The significant risk of recurrent dysplasia after any endoscopic therapy for BE requires close surveillance. Cryotherapy may become a viable alternative method of tissue ablation, but, more data, especially comparative data, are needed. Compared with other ablative techniques, lasers are more difficult to use, have a lower safety threshold, and are now uncommonly used.
AB - APC and MPEC are widely available efficacious methods of treating a variety of superficial bleeding and neoplastic lesions. Use of these methods in the ablation of BE has yielded mixed results, with a very limited number of large series. The radiofrequency balloon ablation device has a very low rate of complications, ablates a large field with uniform depth, and appears efficacious in ablating HGD. The significant risk of recurrent dysplasia after any endoscopic therapy for BE requires close surveillance. Cryotherapy may become a viable alternative method of tissue ablation, but, more data, especially comparative data, are needed. Compared with other ablative techniques, lasers are more difficult to use, have a lower safety threshold, and are now uncommonly used.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gie.2008.06.018
DO - 10.1016/j.gie.2008.06.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 19028211
AN - SCOPUS:56349096427
SN - 0016-5107
VL - 68
SP - 1031
EP - 1042
JO - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
IS - 6
ER -