Efficacy of a prototype endoscope with two deflecting working channels for endoscopic submucosal dissection: a prospective, comparative, ex vivo study.
BACKGROUND
Optimizing the visualization of the cutting line of the submucosal layer is essential to performing an effective and safe endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the prototype R-scope compared with a conventional, double-channel endoscope in time required for ESD of mucosal lesions in distinct anatomical locations of the stomach.


METHODS
A prospective, comparative, ex vivo study.


METHODS
ESD.


METHODS
Procedure time (primary end point measure), specimen size, submucosal injection frequency, en bloc resection rate, and perforation rate (secondary end point measures).


RESULTS
In the subgroup of resections in the greater and lesser curvature, the mean (+/- SD) procedure time was significantly less in the R-scope group compared with the conventional endoscope group (8.4 +/- 2.1 minutes vs 11.3 +/- 2.1 minutes, respectively; P = .006), and the mean (+/- SD) submucosal injection frequency was significantly less in the R-scope group compared with the conventional endoscope group (1.9 +/- 0.6 vs 2.5 +/- 0.5, respectively; P = .025). There were no significant differences in procedure time, specimen size, submucosal injection requirements, en bloc resection rate, and perforation rate between the two endoscopic groups of all combined anatomic lesions.


CONCLUSIONS
Small, ex vivo study.


CONCLUSIONS
ESD by using the R-scope may provide an improved platform for quicker ESD, especially in greater and lesser curvature anatomical lesions of the stomach.
Lee
Suck-Ho
SH
Department of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Gromski
Mark A
MA
Derevianko
Alexandre
A
Jones
Daniel B
DB
Pleskow
Douglas K
DK
Sawhney
Mandeep
M
Chuttani
Ram
R
Matthes
Kai
K
D000818:Animals; D004210:Dissection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000601:surgery*; D020699:Gastroscopes; D023421:Models, Animal; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013552:Swine