Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

How safe and effective is endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of patients with GERD?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 2, pages 514–515 (2005)Cite this article

boxed-textPleskow D et al. (2005) Endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of GERD: 12-month follow-up for the North American open-label trial. Gastrointest Endosc 61: 643–649

Full-thickness plication might be an effective treatment for patients with symptomatic GERD; however, it should be considered carefully and only used in patients who are responsive to proton-pump-inhibitor therapy

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Abou-Rebyeh H et al. (2005) Long-term failure of endoscopic suturing in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux: a prospective follow-up study. Endoscopy 37: 213–216

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Schiefke I et al. (2005) Long term failure of endoscopic gastroplication (EndoCinch). Gut 54: 752–758

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Schilling D et al. (2005) Endoluminal therapy of GERD with a new endoscopic suturing device. Gastrointest Endosc 62: 37–43

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Schiefke I et al. (2005) Use of an endoscopic suturing device (the “ESD”) to treat patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, after unsuccessful EndoCinch endoluminal gastroplication: another failure. Endoscopy 37: 700–705

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Sonnenberg A (2004) Review article: anti-reflux surgery and endoluminal therapies. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 20 (Suppl 5): 81–88

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Rachel Jones, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Chairman of the Department of Comprehensive Medicine, Professor of Medicine, and Director of Psychosomatic Medicine, at Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan

    Michio Hongo

Authors
  1. Michio Hongo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author is a consultant to the following companies: Abbott Japan Co. Ltd., Astellas Pharma Inc., Astra-Zeneca KK, Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Eisai Co. Ltd., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., and Zelia Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hongo, M. How safe and effective is endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of patients with GERD?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2, 514–515 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0319

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0319

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing