Eduard Jonas, Sebastian Sjöqvist, Peter Elbe, Nobuo Kanai, Jenny Enger, Stephan L Haas, Ammar Mohkles-Barakat, Teruo Okano, Ryo Takagi, Takeshi Ohki, Masakazu Yamamoto, Makoto Kondo, Katrin Markland, Mei Ling Lim, Masayuki Yamato, Magnus Nilsson, Johan Permert, Pontus Blomberg, J-Matthias Löhr
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Endoscopic mucosal dissection (ESD) is a treatment option for oesophagus tumours localized to the mucosa enabling en bloc removal of large lesions. The resulting larger mucosal defects have resulted in an increase in the occurrence of post-treatment strictures. Transplantation of autologous cell sheets, cultured from oral mucosa, has been shown to prevent post-ESD strictures. The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy and safety of cell sheet transplantation after oesophageal ESD in a Western patient population where reflux-associated pre-malignant and malignant conditions predominate...
December 2016: United European Gastroenterology Journal