title: Endoscopic mucosal resection of colonic lesions: current applications and future prospects.
abstract: The introduction of submucosal fluid injection has remarkably extended the range of endoscopically resectable polyps. The limiting factor for endoscopic resection is not polyp size, but polyp depth. Endoscopic ultrasound is a useful adjunctive diagnostic tool to assess the depth of invasion. The success of are section ultimately depends on pathologic confirmation of a benign nature of this lesion or of a cancer limited to the mucosa. Selected well-differentiated cancers without lymphovascular invasion of the superficial submucosa can be successfully resected endoscopically.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, Lenox Hill Hospital, 6 Black Hall, 100 East 77th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Poppers
authors.forename: Gregory B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Haber
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000601:surgery*