Publications by authors named "Mohamad Al-Haddad"
Background And Aims: Outcomes after peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) are assessed clinically by the Eckardt score (ES) or objectively by high-resolution manometry (HRM) and functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP). This study compared HRM and FLIP to evaluate clinical response after POEM.
Methods: This was a single tertiary center retrospective study of consecutive patients who underwent POEM for treatment-naive achalasia and with ≥6 months of follow-up.
Background And Study Aims: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided ethanol lavage with paclitaxel injection has been shown to be effective for the treatment of pancreatic cystic neoplasms; however, the evidence for effectiveness is based primarily on cyst resolution on imaging. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in pancreatic cyst fluid DNA following EUS-guided pancreatic cyst ablation (PCA) with ethanol and paclitaxel.
Patients And Methods: In a single-center, prospective study, patients with suspected benign pancreatic cysts (15 - 50 mm in diameter; ≤ 5 compartments) underwent EUS-PCA with ethanol and paclitaxel followed 3 months later by repeat EUS-FNA, cyst aspiration for repeat DNA analysis, and possible repeat EUS-PCA.
Background: The diagnostic utility of EUS-guided FNA (EUS-FNA) and EUS-guided Trucut biopsy (EUS-TCB) of pelvic masses has not been well described.
Objective: To evaluate the utility of EUS in the diagnosis of pelvic masses.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Background: The expected survival after the EUS-FNA diagnosis of malignant ascites or liver metastases from pancreatic cancer is not known.
Objective: To report overall and 1-year survival in these patients.
Design: Retrospective cohort series.