Open AccessEndoscopic banding ligation can effectively resect hyperplastic polyps of the stomach
Author(s) -
ChingChu Lo,
PingI Hsu,
GinHo Lo,
HuiHwa Tseng,
HuiChun Chen,
Ping I. Hsu,
ChiunKu Lin,
HoiHung Chan,
Wei–Lun Tsai,
WenChi Chen,
EMing Wang,
Kwok–Hung Lai
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2805
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperplastic polyp , gastric polyp , ligation , perforation , stomach , endoscopy , surgery , polypectomy , hyperplasia , colonoscopy , gastroenterology , cancer , colorectal cancer , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Bleeding and perforation are the major and serious complications associated with endoscopic polypectomy. To develop a safe and effective method to resect hyperplastic polyps of the stomach, we employed rubber bands to strangulate hyperplastic polyps and to determine the possibility of inducing avascular necrosis in these lesions.