Endoscopic restoration of the esophagus

We thank Mavrogenis et al. [1] for their interest in our publication [2], and their remarks on our published paper. We realize that there are novel techniques continuously being developed for the treatment of complete esophageal obstruction (CEO), including our dissection technique, Per-Oral Endoscopic Tunneling for Restoration of the Esophagus (POETRE) [3] referenced in our paper [2]. We congratulate the authors on their recent description of a successful technique using endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for CEO. Unfortunately our manuscript [2] was submitted for publication around the same time that the report from Mavrogenis and colleagues was published online [1] and hence it was not included in our references. The omission was not intentional, and was due to the timing of submission of our manuscript.

• References

• 1 Mavrogenis G, Moreels TG, Chevaux JB et al. Recanalization of a complete postradiation esophageal obstruction with endoscopic submucosal dissection techniques. Gastrointest Endosc 2015; 81: 1476
• 2 Perbtani Y, Suarez AL, Wagh MS. Emerging techniques and efficacy of endoscopic esophageal reconstruction and lumen restoration for complete esophageal obstruction. Endosc Int Open 2016; 4: E136-142
• 3 Wagh MS, Yang D, Chavalitdhamrong D et al. Per-oral endoscopic tunneling for restoration of the esophagus (POETRE). Gastrointest Endosc 2014; 80: 330 Epub 2014 Jun 11