Gurudatta Naik

Optical Biopsy with Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy for Prediction of Residual Barrett’s Esophagus after Complete Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)– A Pilot Study

Shajan Peter, Kevin P. Cowley, Allison Gullick, Klaus Mönkemüller, Gurudatta Naik, C. Mel Wilcox & Helmut Neumann · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Introduction: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is associated with a high rate of complete eradication and a reduced risk of disease progression. Nevertheless, recent data indicate that about one third of patients had disease recurrence after reaching comp...