Laparoscopic-Facilitated Colonic Endoscopic Mucosal Resection and Endoscopic Submucosal Resection of Adenomas: Techniques to Avoid Segmental Colectomy

Endoscopic resection of adenoma-like mas

Endoscopic resection of adenoma-like mass in chronic ulcerative colitis using a combined endoscopic mucosal resection and cap assisted submucosal dissection technique

✍ Lesley-Ann Smith; Wal Baraza; Nick Tiffin; Simon S. Cross; David P. Hurlstone 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 233 KB

## Background: Resection of an adenoma-like mass (ALM) in chronic ulcerative colitis (CUC) complicated by mucosal fibrosis has historically not been technically feasible. Endoscopic submucosal dissection techniques may now provide a therapeutic tool enabling the division of submucosal fibrotic sca