Saline immersion therapeutic endoscopy facilitated pocket-creation method for endoscopic submucosal dissection (with video)

We read with interest the article by Harada et  al,1 who combined the pocket-creation method (PCM)2-6 for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) with pocket immersion.7-9 This was described as “water-pocket ESD” (WP-ESD) and was found to be faster than standard ESD.1

Source: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - February 20, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Edward J. Despott, Yutaka Hirayama, Nikolaos Lazaridis, Nikolaos Koukias, Andrea Telese, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Yoshimasa Miura, Hironori Yamamoto, Alberto Murino Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research