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Do You Know who first used the term
‘esophagitis’ in 1932?
Hint: A neurosurgeon first used esophagitis in patients with brain lesions. Find your answer at http://geocities.datacellar.net/ourhealthcenter/medicine-esophagitis.htm Photodynamic Therapy During a Grand Rounds at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla on April 4, 2000, Bergein Overhold, M.D., presented excellent results of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of Barrett’s esophagus. For details, please refer to his journal article: Overholt, BF; Panjehpour, M; Haydek, JM.
Photodynamic therapy for Barrett's esophagus: follow-up in 100 patients In this article, Dr. Overhold described his results in 100 patients with Barrett’s esophagus, including 13 with superficial esophageal cancer. 75-80% of treated Barrett’s mucosa was converted to normal squamous epithelium. Dysplasia was eliminated in 78 patients. Ten of the 13 malignancies were ablated. Forty-three patients had complete elimination of Barrett’s mucosa. Esophageal strictures occurred in about a third of patients so treated. Use of longer centering ballooms reduced the incidence of strictures. Please also see related articles below: Overholt,BF:Results of photodynamic
therapy in Barrett's esophagus: A review. Vo-Dinh, T; Panjehpour, M; Overholt,
BF. Laser-induced fluorescence for esophageal cancer and dysplasia
diagnosis.
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