Selected Clinical Papers

Technical Description of the Functional Lumen Imaging probe (FLIP)

Accuracy of the EndoFLIP® Functional Lumen Imaging Probe
Keating F, O'Dea J - Surgical Endoscopy 23 (Suppl 1) S287 (2009)

Do we really understand the role of the oesophagogastric junction in disease
B P McMahon, B A Jobe, J E Pandolfino, H Gregersen World J Gastroenterology ISSN 1007-9327 January 14, 2009; 15(2): 144-150

The functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP) for evaluation of the esophagogastric junction
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2007 Jan;292(1):G377-84. Epub 2006 Aug 31

Functional oesophago-gastric junction imaging
World J Gastroenterol. 2006 May 14;12(18):2818-24. Review

Assessing the distensibility of the GEJ after GERD surgery

Esophagogastric Junction Distensibility After Fundoplication Assessed with a Novel Functional Luminal Imaging Probe
Monika A. Kwiatek, Peter J. Kahrilas, Nathaniel J. Soper, William J. Bulsiewicz, Barry P. McMahon, Hans Gregersen and John E. Pandolfino
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2009:13(12) 2219-2225

Restoration of Normal Distensive Characteristics of the Esophagogastric Junction After Fundoplication
John E. Pandolfino, MD, Jennifer Curry, MD, Guoxiang Shi, MD, Raymond J. Joehl, MD, James G. Brasseur, PhD, and Peter J. Kahrilas, MD. Annals of Surgery • Volume 242, Number 1, July 2005

Evaluation of the distensibility of the GEJ in GERD patients

Increased Esophagogastric Junction Distensibility in GERD Patients Assessed with the Endoscopically Placed Functional Luminal Imaging Probe (Endoflip®)
Monika A. Kwiatek, Ikuo Hirano, Peter J. Kahrilas, Barry P. McMahon, John E. Pandolfino Gastroenterology May 2009 (Vol. 136, Issue 5, Pages A-16)

Esophagogastric Junction Opening During Relaxation Distinguishes Nonhernia Reflux Patients, Hernia Patients, and Normal Subjects
John E. Pandolfino, Guoxiang Shi, Brian Trueworthy, and Peter J. Kahrilas
Gastroenterology 2003;125:1018–1024