Wednesday, April 24, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Auditorium Lindbergh
Chair: Hiroshi Mashimo (USA)
1) Endoscopic management of benign strictures
- What are various methods of dilations and considerations for optimized use? – Eric G. Sheu (USA)
- What are the optimal endoscopic management of refractory/recurrent stricture – Andrew Chang (USA)
- What radiological studies show to help guide management – Peter Pokieser (Austria)
- What ablation tool to chose: when and why – Roberto Trasolini (Canada)
2) Endoscopic management of malignant obstruction
- What imaging evaluations are most helpful prior to endoscopy? – Francis J. Scholz (USA)
- Stents, Dilations, and Ablations: which to choose for optimal management?
- Are there differences in durability of endoscopic ablations comparing SCC to EAC? – Hon-Chi Yip (Hong Kong)
- Complications of endoscopic therapies and how to manage in setting of esophageal cancer – Michael Mwachiro (Kenya)
3) Endoscopic treatments of GERD
- What endoscopic treatments are available and how do they compare? – Wai-Kit Lo (USA)
- What are the roles of motility studies in optimized choice of endoscopic treatment? – Yan Jiang (USA)
- What is the role of endoscopic evaluation in choice of treatment? – Nicole Cherng (USA)
- Considerations to opt surgery over endoscopic treatments – Ann DeBord-Smith (USA)
4) Endoscopic treatments of achalasia
- What radiological studies and findings are helpful in guiding mode of treatment? – Francis J. Scholz (USA)
- What endoscopic options do we have and critical review of manometry and anatomy in choice of therapy? – Georgios Mavrogenis (Greece)
- What is the evidence for and against Botox treatments? – John O. Clarke (USA)
- What endoscopic assessments (careful retroflexion? FLIP?) can better guide therapy? – Salih Samo (USA)
- What are considerations in dealing with return of dysphagia after therapy? – Jon O. Wee (USA)
- What is a rational approach to selection of achalasia management – Hiroshi Mashimo (USA)