Construction of a preoperative scoring system to predict the difficulty level of colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection.

BACKGROUND:We attempted to examine the factors contributing to the difficulty in performance of colorectal ESD, with the aim of constructing a scoring system that could help in prediction of the difficulty level of the procedure. METHODS AND MATERIALS:The data were analyzed from two viewpoints: to d...

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Main Authors: Satohiro Matsumoto, Takeshi Uehara, Hirosato Mashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219096