Post written by Fumisato Sasaki, MD, PhD, from Digestive and Lifestyle Diseases, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan. We present the case of an 80-year-old man with a history of distal gastrectomy who had GERD refractory to medical therapy. Endoscopy revealed Los Angeles grade B reflux esophagitis, bile retention in …
Tag: Esophagitis
Esophageal dilation with either bougie or balloon technique as a treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis
Post written by Michael Kevin Dougherty, MD, from the University of North Carolina Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The purpose of this study was to estimate the rate of perforations and other adverse events related to elective endoscopic esophageal dilation in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Many patients with EoE struggle with significant dysphagia and …
