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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-995533
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Reply to the letter of Dr. Gerke
Publication History
Publication Date:
06 March 2008 (online)
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We thank Dr. Gerke for his letter, his contribution, and his continued interest in this area. Indeed, we referred to his paper [1] twice in our own manuscript [2]. It is notable that our two groups independently reported visualization of celiac ganglia during EUS [1] [3] and have now also described a similar frequency of ganglia visualization [1] [2]. We hope that together we will continue to explore and investigate the diagnostic [4] and therapeutic [5] potential of EUS-guided access to celiac ganglia.
Competing interests: None
References
- 1 Gerke H, Silva R G Jr, Shamoun D. et al . EUS characteristics of celiac ganglia with cytologic and histologic confirmation. Gastrointest Endosc. 2006; 64 35-39
- 2 Gleeson F C, Levy M J, Papachristou G I. et al . Frequency of visualization of presumed celiac ganglia by endoscopic ultrasound. Endoscopy. 2007; 39 620-624
- 3 Levy M, Rajan E, Keeney G. et al . Neural ganglia visualized by endoscopic ultrasound. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006; 101 1787-1791
- 4 Levy M J, Topazian M, Keeney G. et al . Preoperative diagnosis of extrapancreatic neural invasion in pancreatic cancer. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006; 4 1479-1482
- 5 Levy M J, Topazian M D, Wiersema M J. et al . Initial evaluation of the efficacy and safety of endoscopic ultrasound-guided direct ganglia neurolysis and block. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007; [Epub ahead of print]
F. C. Gleeson,MD
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