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Barrett’s esophagus endoscopies are undersampled

Publish date:: June 24, 2019

Key clinical point: Some endoscopies in patients with Barrett’s esophagus are undersampling.

Major finding: Nearly one in five endoscopies in Barrett’s esophagus are not adhering to biopsy protocol standards.

Study details: Analysis of registry data for 58,709 esophagogastroduodenoscopies in 53,541 patients.

Disclosures: The study was funded by the University of Colorado department of medicine. Four authors declared consultancies and research grants from the medical device sector and others.

Citation:

Wani S et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2019, June 11.

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