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Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UZ Gasthuisberg Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Comment

Roos E Pouw et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;91(2):457.

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2019.10.014. Epub 2020 Jan 22.

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UZ Gasthuisberg Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

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Comment on

Self-sizing radiofrequency ablation balloon for eradication of Barrett's esophagus: results of an international multicenter randomized trial comparing 3 different treatment regimens.
Belghazi K, Pouw RE, Koch AD, Weusten BLAM, Schoon EJ, Curvers WL, Gotink AW, Mostafavi N, Haidry RJ, Pech O, Bergman JJGHM, Bisschops R. Belghazi K, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019 Sep;90(3):415-423. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2019.05.023. Epub 2019 May 17. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019. PMID: 31108093 Clinical Trial.
Just relax: allowing the endoscopist and esophagus to "cool off" between radiofrequency ablation applications affects stricture formation.
Shahidi N, van Hattem WA, Bourke MJ. Shahidi N, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Feb;91(2):455-457. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2019.09.019. Epub 2020 Jan 22. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020. PMID: 32036952 No abstract available.