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Endoscopic mucosal resection sometimes fails to obtain curative resection of small-sized gastric neoplasms due to slippage of the snaring device and insufficient surgical margins; thus, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is… Click to show full abstract
Endoscopic mucosal resection sometimes fails to obtain curative resection of small-sized gastric neoplasms due to slippage of the snaring device and insufficient surgical margins; thus, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is required.1-3 However, ESD is technically difficult, and the ESD knife is expensive (more than 215 USD). Moreover, conventional ESD for small-sized neoplasms does not sometimes meet the criteria of health insurance. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Journal Title: Digestive Endoscopy
Year Published: 2018
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