Minimally Invasive Procedures for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

This special series on Minimally Invasive Procedures for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease are co-edited by Dr. Timothy M. Farrell, from University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; and Dr. Geoffrey Kohn, from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

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Reviewer of the Month (2022)

In 2022, many AOE reviewers make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

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Upper Esophageal Sphincter

This special series on Upper Esophageal Sphincter was edited by Dr. Fernando A. M. Herbella, from Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

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Anastomotic Techniques for Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy and Endoscopic Handling of Its Complications

This special series on Anastomotic Techniques for Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy and Endoscopic Handling of Its Complications was edited by Dr. Alejandro Nieponice, from Hospital Universitario Fundacion Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Endoscopic Eradication Therapy in Barrett’s Esophagus

This special series guest edited by Dr. Madhav Desai aims to review existing standards, technologies and tools for endoscopic therapy of Barrett’s Esophagus with special focus on dysplasia and early neoplasia.

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Management of Esophageal Perforations and Injuries and Other Benign Diseases

The aim of this series is to discuss the management of esophageal perforations, injuries and other benign diseases, reviewing the last updates in literature and providing the experts’ experience in clinical practice. A panel of international thoracic surgeons, general surgeons, and all expert in esophageal disease, was involved to present for each esophageal pathology the conservative or endoscopic and surgical treatments available. They also provided to the reader the best and the most appropriate approach to the specific cases on the basis of literature evidence and personal experiences.

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Current Issues on GEJ Adenocarcinoma

Surgery is no longer the only way to treat this aggressive disease. A multimodal approach with preoperative chemo and chemo-radiotherapy is the standard care in most cases and the evaluation of the response to these treatments with new techniques such as MRI, represent a new field of investigation and development. Identification and prediction of response to various treatment modalities is a very promising field of research for proper patient selection. An important step forward has also been made with the development of endoscopic resection for early stage disease, avoiding “overtreatment”, leaving intact the esophageal function with a better long term quality of life.

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Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Modelling of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

This special series on Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Modelling of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease was co-edited by Dr. Peter W. Dettmar from Technostics Ltd & RD Biomed Ltd, Castle Hill Hospital, East Yorkshire, UK; and Dr. Jeffrey P. Pearson from Newcastle University Biosciences institute, The Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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New Technologies in Esophageal Surgery and Endoscopy (Ongoing)

This special series on New Technologies in Esophageal Surgery and Endoscopy is co-edited by Dr. Abbas E. Abbas and Dr. Roman V. Petrov, from Temple University and Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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