Biased assessment of 3D optical coherence tomography in a single post-radiofrequency ablation patient without histological correlation
case report entitled “Three-dimensional
optical coherence tomography of Barrett’s
esophagus and buried glands beneath
neosquamous epithelium following radiofrequency
ablation,” was recently published
by Adler et al. in Endoscopy [1].
Based on the title and abstract, we fully
expected the authors to present evidence
showing that three-dimensional optical
coherence tomography (3D-OCT) was
able to detect buried Barrett’s after radiofrequency
ablation (RFA) that was otherwise
not detectable with conventional
methods. Unfortunately, the authors report
a single ablation-naïve case where it
seems that buried glands were detected
on biopsy yet not specifically detected
with 3D-OCT or explicitly described in
their findings ...
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