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Background/Aims: Endoscopic diagnosis of dysplasia or colitic cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) is more challenging than that of colorectal neoplasia in non-colitic patients. We aimed to evaluate the...
Endoscopic resection has emerged as the first line therapy for pre-malignant conditions throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Resection techniques have evolved from forceps avulsion and snare polypectomy to endoscopic mucosal...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Endoscopic mucosal resection with circumferential mucosal incision (CMI-EMR) may offer benefits comparable to those of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), while requiring less technical proficiency than ESD.
METHODS: We retrospectively compared...
To discuss the rationale for the widespread application of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) rather than endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in Western centers. In Western centers, EMR is the treatment of...