A stag beetle knife can achieve stabler and safer endoscopic submucosal dissection in the esophagus.

ABSTRACT: Background and study aims Esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has a higher complication rate than gastric ESD. Scissor-type devices, including the stag beetle (SB) knife, are reportedly safer and have shorter procedure times than tip devices. To clarify the characteristics of the SB knife, we compared the treatment outcomes of esophageal ESD with a tip-type knife to those with an SB knife combination. Patients and methods Between January 2016 and March 2023, clinical data from 197 lesions in 178 patients who underwent esophageal ESD were analyzed retrospectively. Every lesion was assigned to either the tip-type group or the SB group based on the devices with which the submucosa was initially dissected. We compared procedure time and complications and analyzed th

SUBMITTER: Funasaka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10715911 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature