Efficacy of liquid nitrogen cryotherapy for Barrett's esophagus after endoscopic resection of intramucosal cancer : A multicenter study

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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy (LNC) allows increased depth of ablation compared with radiofrequency ablation in Barrett's esophagus (BE). Expert centers may use LNC over radiofrequency ablation to ablate Barrett's esophagus after endoscopic resection of intramucosal cancer (IMCA). The aim of our study was to (1) evaluate the safety and efficacy of LNC ablation in patients with BE and IMCA and (2) to evaluate the progression to invasive disease despite therapy.

METHODS: This was a multicenter, retrospective study of consecutive patients with BE who received LNC following endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of IMCA. The outcomes evaluated were complete eradication of dysplasia and intestinal metaplasia and development of invasive cancer during follow up. The follow-up period was at least 1 year from initial LNC.

RESULTS: Twenty-seven patients were identified. The median Prague score was C3M5 (range C0M1-C14M14). After EMR+LNC, the median Prague score was C0M1 (range C0M0-C9M10); 22/27 patients (82%) achieved complete eradication of dysplasia after cryotherapy, and 19/27 patients (70%) achieved complete eradication of intestinal metaplasia. One out of 27 patients (4%) developed invasive cancer (disease beyond IMCA) over the study period.

CONCLUSION: Cryotherapy is an effective endoscopic tool for eradication of BE dysplasia after EMR for IMCA. Development of invasive cancer is low for this high-risk group.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 33(2018), 2 vom: 03. Feb., Seite 461-465

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Trindade, Arvind J [VerfasserIn]
Pleskow, Douglas K [VerfasserIn]
Sengupta, Neil [VerfasserIn]
Kothari, Shivangi [VerfasserIn]
Inamdar, Sumant [VerfasserIn]
Berkowitz, Joshua [VerfasserIn]
Kaul, Vivek [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ablation
Barrett's esophagus
Cancer
Cryotherapy
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
N762921K75
Neoplasia
Nitrogen
Resection

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.06.2018

Date Revised 07.06.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jgh.13909

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM274446065