OESO-SEMPIRE 17th World Conference | Esophagus 2026 | Versailles | June 14-17, 2026

Session 15: Techniques and Tips in Esophageal Practice: GERD, Antireflux Surgery, and Esophageal Cancer

Tuesday June 16, 9:00 – 10:30 am
Auditorium Condé

Chairs: Roger Tatum (USA) – Afrin Kamal (USA)

  1. How to approach Tissue Cypher in the low vs. high risk patients with Barrett’s esophagus – Allon Kahn (USA)
  2. How to approach chronic belching, what’s my personal approach – TBD
  3. How I work up and manage the manometric finding of absent peristalsis – Ping-Huei Tseng (Taiwan)
  4. How I approach refractory reflux, before pre-operative work up – TBD
  5. Patient selection for magnetic sphincter augmentation vs. fundoplication – Courtney Kemp (USA)
  6. When and how to remove the magnetic sphincter augmentation device (LINX) – Sheraz​ Markar (UK)
  7. Workup and surgical procedure selection in GERD patients with morbid obesity – Judy Chen (USA)
  8. Patient selection for and technique of the RefluxStop procedure – Sebastian Schoppmann (Austria)
  9. Management of patients with post-antireflux surgery gastroparesis – Jacob Moremen (USA)