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SUBMITTER: Purchiaroni F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064797 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of translational medicine 20180701 13
Progress in the endoscopy technology field led to an increase in the diagnosis of early gastrointestinal (GI) superficial lesions and to an improvement of their treatment. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been developed in Japan with the aim of removing such lesions in one piece, in order to obtain a curative resection and to minimize the risk of local recurrence, and to preserve the native organ. ESD is widely used in Asia for the treatment of early upper and lower GI lesions and is c ...[more]