[Radiofrequency ablation for Barrett's esophagus. Preliminary experience]

Endoscopic radiofrequency ablation makes use of warm energy to ablate the esophagus's surface where the epithelial anomaly is located.

50 adults patients with the diagnosis of EB according to Vienna Classification were included.

To evaluate the security and efficacy of ARF in patients with EB.

50 ARF treated patients were included with a medium follow up of 18 months. The median age was 58 years. 1.4 sessions of ARF perpatient were made to obtain EB erradication. The procedure morbidity was 6%, the more frequent complication was the esophageal stenosis (two cases). During the follow up, intestinal metaplasia recurrence was not observed.

In the experience of our team, ARF is a secure procedure with low morbidity. These observations added to the published results help to evaluate the currentfollow up protocols.