Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bartel and colleagues assigned 3 mg budesonide orally twice a day for 8 weeks to 25 patients who underwent ...

The large, multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial is evaluating the safety and efficacy of the ProTractX3™ TTS drug coated balloon for the treatment of benign esophageal strictures ...

An 84-year-old woman presented with a one-year history of intermittent chest pain and progressive difficulty swallowing while eating solid food. She had no history of gastrointestinal problems. She ...

IN THE literature on corrosion and stricture of the esophagus I remember reading about an alcoholic patient who for years had been in the habit of drinking whisky straight and who finally cast up the ...

Woman eating healthy food, selective focus, canon 1Ds mark III Researchers sought to identify clinical and endoscopic factors that would affect patients’ ability to achieve a normal diet after ...

THE subject of reflux esophagitis has received considerable attention since Winkelstein's 1 description in 1935. It is a condition in which the lower esophagus becomes involved by inflammatory changes ...

Over 80% of patients with esophageal cancer are qualified only for palliative treatment. The main goal of the therapy is to eliminate symptoms of dysphagia. To analyze complications after insertion of ...

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 ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is quite common and often goes undiagnosed. But while GERD seems like just a chronic case of heartburn, it can lead to a host of more serious problems. "For some ...

GIE Medical has launched two large, multicenter randomized controlled clinical trials in the United States to investigate ProTractX3™ TTS DCB. GIE Medical’s ProTractX3™ 3-Stage TTS DCB is a balloon ...