Gastric ESD may be useful as accurate staging and decision of future therapeutic strategy

Background and study aims We sometimes perform gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for total pathologic diagnosis when preoperative diagnosis is difficult. In the present study we analyzed the treatment outcomes and adverse events of diagnostic ESD for early gastric cancer (EGC)....

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Main Authors: Ai Fujimoto, Osamu Goto, Toshihiro Nishizawa, Yasutoshi Ochiai, Joichiro Horii, Tadateru Maehata, Teppei Akimoto, Satoshi Kinoshita, Seiji Sagara, Motoki Sasaki, Toshio Uraoka, Naohisa Yahagi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-02-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-119392