Safety and efficacy of cap-assisted EMR for sporadic nonampullary duodenal adenomas

• Published in: Gastrointestinal endoscopy Vol. 86; no. 4; pp. 666 - 672
• Main Authors: Jamil, Laith H., Kashani, Amir, Peter, Neiveen, Lo, Simon K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Adenoma - pathology; Adenoma - surgery; Adenoma, Villous - pathology; Adenoma, Villous - surgery; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blood Loss, Surgical; Duodenal Neoplasms - pathology; Duodenal Neoplasms - surgery; Endoscopic Mucosal Resection - methods; Female; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Humans; Intestinal Perforation - epidemiology; Intestinal Polyps - pathology; Intestinal Polyps - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; Tumor Burden; APC; C-EMR; SNADA

Eradication of sporadic nonampullary duodenal adenomas (SNADAs) is essential because of their high rate of malignant transformation. EMR techniques are the alternative to the traditional surgical treatments of SNADAs. There are very limited data on the safety and efficacy of cap-assisted EMR (C-EMR)...