About this Research Topic
The field of interventional and therapeutic endoscopy continues to push boundaries of what can be achieved in the treatment of both benign and malignant disease. Many endoscopic procedures are made possible due to innovative new technologies and techniques that enable endoscopists to deliver advanced therapy within the upper gastrointestinal tract. The modern endoscopist needs to be familiar with a range of techniques that can be applied within the foregut that has now extended to advanced metabolic and bariatric procedures. In this special edition, we would like endoscopists, clinicians and academics to contribute articles highlighting advances in interventional and therapeutic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, with a focus oesophago-gastric disease and bariatric applications.
The aim of this special collection is to highlight advances in the field of therapeutic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. With the advent of new technologies, we are able to bring an increasing array of minimally invasive procedures to patients with high clinical and technical success to mitigate against the risks of surgery. This includes improvements in endoscopic access with the use of endoscopic ultrasound, the ability to treat subepithelial lesions with the development of full thickness resection devices and techniques like STER, as well as providing encouraging primary treatments for obesity and related complications. We are looking to bring into the spotlight novel research on the clinical experience and outcomes amongst emerging endoscopic techniques in the upper gastrointestinal tract and provide a comprehensive educational series for the general gastroenterologist into the modern possibilities of advanced endoscopy.
This special collection has a broad scope to encourage a range of topics and article types looking at interventional and therapeutic endoscopy in the upper gastrointestinal tract. We are proposing three key themes within the research topic that include:
1. Malignant gastrointestinal applications
A. Examples: endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR), submucosal tunnelling endoscopic resection (STER), stenting
2. Benign gastrointestinal applications
A. Examples: Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF), endoscopic ultrasound guided gastro-jejunostomy, stenting (EUS-GJ)
3. Bariatric and metabolic applications
A. Examples: Bariatric complications, Transoral outlet reduction endoscopy (TORe), endoscopic ultrasound directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE), endoscopic gastroplasty, duodenal mucosal resurfacing (DMR), intragastric implants We welcome original research articles, short reports, editorials, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and narrative reviews within one of these research themes.
The aim of this special collection is to highlight advances in the field of therapeutic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. With the advent of new technologies, we are able to bring an increasing array of minimally invasive procedures to patients with high clinical and technical success to mitigate against the risks of surgery. This includes improvements in endoscopic access with the use of endoscopic ultrasound, the ability to treat subepithelial lesions with the development of full thickness resection devices and techniques like STER, as well as providing encouraging primary treatments for obesity and related complications. We are looking to bring into the spotlight novel research on the clinical experience and outcomes amongst emerging endoscopic techniques in the upper gastrointestinal tract and provide a comprehensive educational series for the general gastroenterologist into the modern possibilities of advanced endoscopy.
This special collection has a broad scope to encourage a range of topics and article types looking at interventional and therapeutic endoscopy in the upper gastrointestinal tract. We are proposing three key themes within the research topic that include:
1. Malignant gastrointestinal applications
A. Examples: endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR), submucosal tunnelling endoscopic resection (STER), stenting
2. Benign gastrointestinal applications
A. Examples: Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM), transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF), endoscopic ultrasound guided gastro-jejunostomy, stenting (EUS-GJ)
3. Bariatric and metabolic applications
A. Examples: Bariatric complications, Transoral outlet reduction endoscopy (TORe), endoscopic ultrasound directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE), endoscopic gastroplasty, duodenal mucosal resurfacing (DMR), intragastric implants We welcome original research articles, short reports, editorials, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, and narrative reviews within one of these research themes.
Keywords: endoscopy, bariatric, gastrointestinal, intervention, therapeautic
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
