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Endoscopic submucosal dissection for early neoplasia of foregut: Current development
Author(s) -
Chiu Philip WaiYan,
Ng Enders KwokWai,
Inoue Haruhiro
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
surgical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1744-1633
pISSN - 1744-1625
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2007.00366.x
Subject(s) - foregut , endoscopic submucosal dissection , medicine , endoscopic mucosal resection , dissection (medical) , resection , resection margin , surgery , radiology , anatomy
In the past, conventional techniques of endoscopic resection, including endoscopic mucosal resection, were limited by the size of the specimen obtained, the obscurity of the resection and the uncertainty of the resection margins in piecemeal resection for early cancer of the foregut. Endoscopic submucosal dissection emerged as a novel technique of mucosal resection which can achieve a curative resection for early cancer of the foregut with a wide margin. The current article focused on a review of the application of endoscopic submucosal dissection in treating early cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract.