Predictors for postoperative esophageal stricture after balloon-based radiofrequency ablation for early esophageal squamous neoplasia: a multicenter validation study

Conclusions:
The most frequent adverse event of RFA was esophageal stenosis, for which the longitudinal tumor size was a significant predictive factor. Early intervention or prevention for stricture should be applied for those with long segment (>=9 cm) ESCNs.

Source: Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology - April 11, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Wang, W.-L., Chang, I.-W., Chen, C.-C., Chang, W.-L., Chu, Y.-Y., Wu, P.-H., Tai, W.-C., Chen, P.-Y., Hsieh, P.-H., Chung, C.-S., Chang, C.-Y., Lin, J.-T., Wang, H.-P., Lee, C.-T. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research