Researchers found 80 percent of patients who developed esophageal dilatation after gastric banding required conversion to a different bariatric procedure or had the band removed, according to findings ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Histologic outcomes were similar regardless of whether budesonide-treated patients underwent dilation. More ...

Among the top stories in gastroenterology this week was a study that found that a steroid injection helps prevent strictures after esophageal dilation and phase 2 trial findings that indicated ...

If you have a new diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), you’ll want to know what the best treatment is for you. The mainstays of treatment for EoE are proton pump inhibitors, steroids, diet ...

Woman eating healthy food, selective focus, canon 1Ds mark III Researchers sought to identify clinical and endoscopic factors that would affect patients’ ability to achieve a normal diet after ...

The study was conducted because information on the relationship between eosinophilic esophagitis (EOE) symptoms and biologic findings are limited, so researchers looked at the long-term effects of ...

Treatment with dupilumab demonstrated improvements in histological markers, symptoms, and endoscopic markers of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) regardless of previous history of esophageal dilation. In ...

Peptic stricture was traditionally looked upon as an irreversible end stage of acid–peptic damage. Patients with peptic stricture are characterized by advanced age, male gender, and vastly abnormal ...

Achalasia is a syndrome of esophageal dysmotility characterized by failure of relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and lack of functional peristalsis in the body. All current forms of ...

Esophageal eosinophilia was initially considered solely a manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, in the mid-1990s, experienced clinicians identified esophageal eosinophilia ...