Stavros Stavropoulos

SOCIETY: ASGE

Introduction: Transnasal endoscopy (TNE) is a valuable tool for endoscopic evaluation of the upper gastrointestinal tract while entirely avoiding the risk of general anesthesia in children…

BACKGROUND: Type 3 achalasia patients are believed to require longer myotomies to address the spastic esophagus in addition to the non-relaxing sphincter. This has been espoused on recent guidelines that advocate POEM in preference to Heller in these patients…

BACKGROUND: Heller myotomy (HM) is one of the most effective treatments for esophageal achalasia and has a five-year symptom free rate of 77-90%. However, failures do exist and the success rate tends to decrease with longer follow-up. The efficacy of traditional rescue treatments is limited…

There are numerous small series and case reports of ESD for anal squamous lesions. However, the reported lesions did not extend beyond the anal canal and were removed by traditional ESD. We report the first case of extracorporeal ESD…