Long-term follow-up after complete ablation of Barrett’s esophagus with argon plasma coagulation

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with continuous surveillance endoscopy.

Variable
Patients (n)	66
Length of BE >3 cm, n (%)	37 (56)
APC applications (mean)	21
APC energy (W)	901
Median follow-up (mo)	51
Hiatal hernia, n (%)	26 (39)
Sustained PPI-therapy, n (%)	33 (50)
Laparoscopic fundoplicatio, n (%)	22 (33)

¹Initial study[16].

Table 2 Endoscopically suspicious and histologically confirmed BE relapse rates for 66 patients.

	Endoscopically suspicious BE Number of patients (%)	Histologically confirmed BE Number of patients (%)
Endoscopic finding	13 (19.7)	8 (12.1)
Tongues >3 cm	1 (1.6)	1 (1.6)
Tongues >1 cm	5 (7.5)	3 (4.5)
Tongues <1 cm	4 (6.1)	2 (3)
Small islands	3 (4.5)	2 (3)

Table 3 Variables as predictors of BE relapse in 66 patients treated with APC and analyzed using logistic regression analysis.

Variable	Multivariate analysis P
Age (yr)	0.57
Gender	0.11
Hiatal hernia	0.15
Number of APC sessions	0.22
Length of BE	0.1
Endoscopically islands or tongues of suspicious BE	0.0004
PPI therapy	0.96
Antireflux surgery	0.73