Publications by authors named "Paolo Biamonte"
Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication Leads to Esophageal Mucosa Healing in Responder Patients Followed up to 2 Years, as Documented by Esophageal Mean Nocturnal Baseline Impedance.
J Neurogastroenterol Motil
October 2024
Background/aims: Decrease of esophageal mean nocturnal baseline impedance reflects loss of mucosal integrity. It can predict response to anti-reflux therapy. Mean nocturnal baseline impedance after transoral incisionless fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease has never been assessed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUlcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease primarily affecting the colon and rectum. Endoscopy plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and management of UC. Recent advancements in endoscopic technology, including chromoendoscopy, confocal laser endomicroscopy, endocytoscopy and the use of artificial intelligence, have revolutionized the assessment and treatment of UC patients.
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- This study focused on how Italian gastroenterologists manage patients with hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes and how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic impacted their practices.
- Among the 121 clinicians surveyed, many gathered family histories for genetic risk assessment, but only a small percentage utilized online predictive tools or offered specialized endoscopy and surgeries.
- The pandemic led to reduced clinician workloads and delays in surveillance for nearly half of the respondents, highlighting the urgent need to resume endoscopic surveillance to prevent serious health consequences.
Background: Endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) represents an effective endoscopic technique for the treatment of post-esophagectomy leaks and can be used after failure of primary treatment. We aimed to investigate endoscopic data and success rate of EVT for post-esophagectomy anastomotic leaks, after failed redo surgery or previous endoscopic treatment.
Methods: We retrospectively recruited 12 patients from January 2018 to October 2020.