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SUBMITTER: ASGE Technology Committee
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6669323 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 20190629 8
With the development of reliable endoscopic closure techniques and tools, endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR) is emerging as a therapeutic option for the treatment of subepithelial tumors and epithelial neoplasia with significant fibrosis. EFTR may be categorized as "exposed" and "nonexposed." In exposed EFTR, the full-thickness resection is undertaken with a tunneled or nontunneled technique, with subsequent closure of the defect. In nonexposed EFTR, a secure serosa-to-serosa apposition ...[more]