Preliminary Experience with Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus with in situ Dysplasia or Carcinoma

نویسندگان

  • Rodrigo Castaño
  • Óscar Álvarez
  • Mario H Ruiz
  • Alejandra Álvarez
  • Luis Miguel Ruiz
  • David Restrepo
  • Víctor Calvo
چکیده

1 Gastrointestinal Surgeon and Endoscopist, Chief of the Graduate General Surgery Program at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Member of the Gastrohepatology group at the Universidad de Antioquia and the Instituto de Cancerología Clínica las Américas in Medellín, Colombia [email protected] 2 Radiologist, Internist and Gastroenterologist, Professor at the San Antonio Campus of the University of Texas, Director of Gastroenterology at the Veterans’ Administration Hospital of Texas Valley Coastal Bend in Harlingen, Texas 3 General Surgeon at the Clínica Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia 4 General Surgeon at the Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe in Medellín, Colombia 5 General Surgeon at the Instituto de CancerologíaClínica las Américas in Medellín, Colombia 6 Medical Students in the Medical Faculty of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, Colombia 7 Medical Student in the Medical Faculty of the CES in Medellín, Colombia 8 Statistician in Medellín, Colombia

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تاریخ انتشار 2015