title: Newly Developed Endoscopic Treatment for Small Bowel Polyps: Cold Snare Polypectomy.
abstract: A 72-year-old man with the history of small bowel carcinoma was diagnosed to have a sessile polyp in the jejunum during a follow-up examination. We performed double-balloon endoscopy and removed the polyp by means of cold snare polypectomy. The follow-up endoscopy showed no residual lesion. Cold snare polypectomy has been established as a safe and effective method for the endoscopic treatment of colonic polyps with a low risk of causing electrocautery burns and perforation. However, this technique has not yet been applied for small bowel lesions. This case report, for the first time, shows the feasibility of performing cold snare polypectomy for small bowel polyps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirooka
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Masanao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Funasaka
authors.forename: Eizaburo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Ryoji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miyahara
authors.forename: Hidemi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome