Endoscopic treatment of large symptomatic colon lipomas: A systematic review of efficacy and safety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various techniques have been described for endoscopic resection of large symptomatic colon lipomas. Lipoma unroofing might provide a safer, more time efficient and easier technique compared to dissection-based techniques, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) or loop-assisted resection. The aim of this systematic review was to compare efficacy and safety (endoscopic resolution rates, clinical remission rates and adverse events) of lipoma unroofing with respect to dissection-based techniques, EMR or loop-assisted resection.

Methods

As most outcomes were binary in nature and several outcomes did not occur in some studies, routine calculation of standard errors in outcome probability was not possible. Therefore, original patient data were extracted, after which efficacy

SUBMITTER: Bronswijk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7724534 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature