Korean J Helicobacter Up Gastrointest Res.
2011 Sep;11(2):90-102. 10.7704/kjhugr.2011.11.2.90.
Endoscopic Treatment of Submucosal Tumor from Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
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- 1Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. wychomd@schmc.ac.kr
- KMID: 2249542
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.7704/kjhugr.2011.11.2.90
Abstract
- There are still some limitations in diagnosis of submucosal tumors of gastrointestinal tract. Surgical resection, fine needle aspiration and follow up studies have been considered to be the options for their treatments. However, severeal endoscopic resection techniques for the submucosal tumors are recently introduced and they have some advantages over the previous treatment options. This article is a review for the endoscopic treatment of the submucosal tumors of gastrointestinal tract.
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