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Objective:To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of a novel self-help inflatable balloon to prevent esophageal stenosis after extensive endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).Methods:Patients with early esophageal cancer or precancerous lesions, undergoing ESD in the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital from January 2018 to December 2019 were included in the prospective study, who had post-ESD mucosal defect greater than 5/6 of the esophageal circumference and 30-100 mm in length. The self-help inflatable balloon was used to prevent esophageal stenosis after ESD. Mucosal defect of ESD was divided into grade 1 (≥5/6 and less than the whole circumference) and grade 2 (the whole circumference). The incidence of stricture, the time from ESD to the occurrence of stricture, the total number of endoscopic balloon dilations (EBD) or radial incision and cuttings (RIC), and other adverse events were observed.Results:A total of 27 patients met the including criteria with follow-up time of 14-38 months, including 3 patients of grade 1 and 24 of grade 2. The ulcer longitudinal length was 73.7±18.4 mm. The time of wearing balloons was 92.0±20.0 days. The overall frequency of stricture was 18.5% (5/27), and the stricture incidence of patients of grade 2 resection was only 16.7% (4/27). The median time from balloon removal to stricture was 17 days. To treat the stricture, two patients received 3 EBD sessions, and three other patients received 2, 1 and 2 RIC sessions, respectively. No balloon was removed in advance, and none had a perforation or delayed bleeding.Conclusion:The self-help inflatable balloon shows high efficacy and safety in preventing esophageal stenosis in patients with mucosal defect greater than 5/6 of the esophageal circumference and less than 100 mm in length after extensive esophageal ESD.
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Objective:To evaluate the clinical value of suspensory incision and suture technique in endoscopic full-thickness resection (EFTR) for muscularis propria tumor of gastric fundus.Methods:A retrospective analysis was performed on the data of 20 patients with muscularis propria tumor in gastric fundus and undergoing EFTR in the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital from June 2017 to June 2019. Patients were divided into the observation group (9 cases) treated with suspensory incision and suture technique in EFTR and the control group (11 cases) treated with traditional EFTR method. The baseline data and perioperative data of the two groups were analyzed.Results:EFTR was successfully performed on all 20 patients. The tumor size of the observation group and the control group was 10.0 (7.5, 21.0) mm and 14.0 (10.0, 20.0) mm, respectively. The resection time of the two groups was 26.4±6.3 min and 35.5±11.4 min, respectively. The postoperative hospital stay was 6.4±1.0 d and 7.7±1.5 d, respectively. No postoperative delayed bleeding, perforation, or other complications occurred in the two groups.Conclusion:Using suspensory incision and suture technique is safe and effective during EFTR for muscularis propria tumor in gastric fundus, and can reduce operation time. This technique is worth applying in clinic.
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Objective:To compare the efficacy and safety of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), EMR with pre-cutting (EMR-P), endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and ESD with snare (ESD-S) for the treatment of colorectal laterally spreading tumors (LSTs).Methods:Between January 2016 and March 2018, a total of 146 patients with 146 colorectal LSTs undergone endoscopic resection at the first medical center of PLA General Hospital. Data of demographics, treatment information, pathology and follow-up results were retrospectively analyzed.Results:Among the 146 patients, EMR, EMR-P, ESD, and ESD-S were performed in 23, 29, 50 and 44 tumors, respectively. Median tumor diameter was 2.5 cm (ranged 1.2-10.0 cm). The en bloc resection rate of EMR, EMR-P, ESD and ESD-S were 73.9% (17/23), 72.4% (21/29), 96.0% (48/50), and 65.9% (29/44), respectively, with statistical difference ( P<0.001). And the R0 resection rate were 65.2% (15/23), 69.0% (20/29), 94.0% (47/50), and 63.6% (28/44), respectively, with statistical difference ( P=0.002). The en bloc resection rate and R0 resection rate of the ESD group were significantly higher than those of the other three groups (all P<0.05). The difference was not statistically significant in terms of perforation rate [0, 0, 6.0% (3/50), and 9.1% (4/44), respectively, P=0.269] and delayed hemorrhage rate [4.3% (1/23), 0, 2.0% (1/50), and 2.3% (1/44), respectively, P=0.768] among the four groups. Follow-up endoscopy was performed in 117 cases (80.1%) with a median period of 10.0 months (ranged 3.0-26.0 months), and local recurrence was identified in 7 (6.0%) cases. Conclusion:ESD could be the optimal method for the resection of colorectal LSTs, while LSTs smaller than 20 mm can be resected by EMR. EMR-P and ESD-S as modified methods have their respective advantages for the treatment of LSTs.
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Objective@#To evaluate optical coherence tomography(OCT)for predicting invasion depth of early esophageal cancer(EEC) and to compare OCT and magnifying endoscopy-narrow band imaging (ME-NBI)in clinical performance.@*Methods@#Twenty-eight patients who were diagnosed with EEC and accepted OCT and ME-NBI before endoscopic submucosal dissection(ESD)were enrolled in this prospective study. On the basis of OCT and ME-NBI images, real-time prediction of EEC invasion depth was conducted. Postoperative pathological results were taken as golden standard to compare the accuracy of OCT and ME-NBI in evaluation of EEC invasion depth. The procedure time and incidence of complications during evaluation process were also analyzed.@*Results@#The overall accuracy of OCT and ME-NBI in predicting invasion depth of 28 EEC patients were 67.9% (19/28) and 75.0% (21/28) respectively, with no significant difference(P>0.05). The accuracy of OCT and ME-NBI in distinguishing lesions located in epithelium/lamina propria mucosa (EP/LPM) lesions were 78.9%(15/19) and 68.4% (13/19), with no significant difference(P>0.05). The procedure time of OCT was significantly shorter than that of ME-NBI (6.0±2.9 min VS 16.3±5.4 min, P<0.001).@*Conclusion@#The ability of OCT to predict invasion depth of EEC and distinguish lesions located in the EP/LPM is comparable with that of ME-NBI. Besides, OCT requires shorter procedure time for evaluation.
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Objective To assess the efficacy and safety of autologous skin-grafting surgery ( ASGS) in the prevention of esophageal stenosis after complete circular endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection ( ESTD) for early esophageal cancer. Methods Between January 2018 and March 2018, five patients with early esophageal cancer underwent complete circular ESTD and ASGS in Chinese PLA General Hospital. The skin-graft survival situation, and occurrence of esophageal stenosis and complications were observed by endoscopy follow-up. Results Complete circular ESTD and ASGS were successfully performed in all 5 patients, and no complications including perforation, bleeding, wound infection or stent migration occurred. The mean skin-graft survival rate was 86. 0％. Four patients did not experience esophageal stenosis over the mean follow-up of 9. 5 months. One patient experienced esophageal stenosis after operation, and underwent endoscopic balloon dilatation. No stenosis occurred in 8 months of follow-up. Conclusion ASGS is a safe and effective method to prevent esophageal stenosis after complete circular ESTD.