Is Lugol necessary for endoscopic resection of esophageal squamous cell neoplasia?

Background and study aims Recent evidence suggests that lugol chromoendoscopy (LCE) and narrow-band imaging (NBI) have comparable sensitivity for detection of superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). However, LCE is time-consuming and associated with side effects. The aim of this study...

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Main Authors: Maria Pia Costa-Santos, Alexandre Oliveira Ferreira, Christina Mouradides, Enrique Pérez-Cuadrado-Robles, Ralph Yeung, Rodrigo Garcés-Duran, Christophe Snauwaert, Hélène Dano, Hubert Piessevaux, Pierre H. Deprez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020-10-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-1198-4316