Endoscopic Therapy for Barrett's Esophagus

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sampliner, Richard E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Clinical Gastroenterology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Pneumology.; Endoscopic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-445-6

Endoscopic Therapy is emerging as the preferred therapy for early neoplasia in Barrett's Esophagus. This volume provides the key decision making factors in determining endoscopic therapy for an individual patient. All current techniques and complications of ET are provided including, photodynam...

Table of Contents:

• 1. New technologies for imaging of Barretts esophagus
• 2. Argon plasma coagulation in Barretts esophagus: the most widely available technique
• 3. Radiofrequency ablation for eradication of Barretts esophagus: a description of the endoscopic technique, its clinical results and future prospects
• 4. Decision making in ablation: disease, patients and institutional factors
• 5. Multipolar electrocoagulation (MPEC): an early, widely available technique
• 6. Endoscopic mucosal resection in Barretts esophagus: endoscopic surgery
• 7. Combination  multimodal therapy
• 8. Photodynamic therapy (PDT): the best validated technique
• 9. Cryoablation of Barretts esophagus
• 10. Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic therapy for Barretts esophagus.