Sessions

 

Session 14

 

Tuesday, September 1
2:00 – 4:00 pm

Room: Bosio  

Sensory abnormalities in esophageal diseases

 

     
Chairs: Asbjørn M. Drewes (Denmark) – Serhat Bor (Turkey)

Discussant: Christina Brock (Denmark)

 

• How is the sensory innervation of the esophagus? Christina Brock (Denmark) 
• What is the relation between the autonomic nervous systems and esophageal symptoms?
  Adam D. Farmer (UK)
• How can esophageal pain be assessed in the experimental settings? Asbjørn M Drewes (Denmark)
• What are the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of esophageal mechanosensation?
  Hans Gregersen (Denmark, China)
• Can sensory abnormalities in the esophagus be reflected in HRM? C. Prakash Gyawali (USA)  
• How can assessment of sphincter function be used to unravel esophageal symptoms?
  Barry P. McMahon (Ireland)
• Does multimodal assessment of pain reflect the symptoms in Barretts esophagus?
  Christian Lottrup (Denmark)
• How can imaging methods be used to understand esophageal pain syndromes?
  Jens Frøkjær (Denmark)
• What are the sensory characteristics for patients with functional esophageal pain?
  Dag Arne Hoff (Norway)
• How can drugs affect sensory symptoms from the esophagus?
  Carmelo Scarpignato (Italy)
• Can modulation of the parasympathetic nervous system be used to treat esophageal hypersensitivity?
  Anisa Shaker (USA)
• What is the role of dilated intercellular spaces? Serhat Bor (Turkey)
• Is there any difference between distal and proximal esophagus for innervation and sensitivity?
  Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
• Bernstein test: why never work? Luis Novais (Spain)
• What is the role of psychiatric medications in esophageal pain? Ram Dickman (Israel)