Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Gastrointestinal Superficial Lesions: Initial Experience in a Single Portuguese Center

Introduction: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a minimally invasive organ-sparing endoscopic technique which allows en bloc resection of premalignant and early malignant lesions of the gastrointestinal tract regardless of size. In spite of the promising results, mainly from Japanese series,...

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Main Authors: José Rodrigues, Joana Carmo, Liliana Carvalho, Pedro Barreiro, Cristina Chagas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-09-01
Series:GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2341454515000575