Feasibility of liquid nitrogen cryotherapy after failed radiofrequency ablation for Barrett's esophagus.

Arvind Julius TrindadeSumant InamdarShivangi KothariJoshua BerkowitzMatthew McKinleyVivek Kaul

Published in: Digestive endoscopy : official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (2017)

Cryospray ablation is feasible and safe for achieving CE-D and CE-IM after RFA failure. The CE-D rates are high with cryotherapy in this population. CE-IM with cryotherapy is acceptable in this difficult-to-treat cohort when compared to CE-IM rates with RFA in dysplastic BE treatment naïve patients (50% vs 78%).

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
energy transfer
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
ionic liquid