Usefulness of Ready-to-Use 0.4% Sodium Hyaluronate (Endo-Ease) in the Endoscopic Resection of Gastrointestinal Neoplasms.
- Author:
Eun Ran KIM
1
;
Yun Gyoung PARK
;
Byung Hoon MIN
;
Jun Haeng LEE
;
Poong Lyul RHEE
;
Jae J KIM
;
Jung Ho PARK
;
Dong Il PARK
;
Dong Kyung CHANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Multicenter Study ; Randomized Controlled Trial ; Original Article
- Keywords: Submucosal injection; Hyaluronic acid; Endoscopic resection
- MeSH: Catheters; Colorectal Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms*; Humans; Hyaluronic Acid*; Prospective Studies; Referral and Consultation; Seoul; Sodium*; Stomach Neoplasms
- From:Clinical Endoscopy 2015;48(5):392-398
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: BACKGROUND/AIMS: Commercially available sodium hyaluronate solutions are usually too thick to inject through catheters and need dilution with normal saline (NS) before use, which increases the risk of contamination. We evaluated the usefulness of ready-to-use 0.4% sodium hyaluronate, Endo-Ease (EE; UNIMED Pharm. Inc., Seoul, Korea). METHODS: We performed a prospective multicenter randomized study from May 2011 to September 2012. Patients requiring endoscopic resection (ER) for gastric or colorectal neoplasm at two referral hospitals were enrolled. RESULTS: One hundred fifty-four patients (72 with a gastric neoplasm and 82 with a colorectal neoplasm) were included in intention-to-treat analysis. Thirty-seven gastric neoplasms and 43 colorectal neoplasms were enrolled in the EE group. The usefulness rate was significantly higher in the EE group than in the NS group (89.2% vs. 60.0% for gastric neoplasms and 95.3% vs. 67.7% for colorectal neoplasms, p<0.001). In the EE group, the ease of mucosal resection was significantly higher than in the NS group (p<0.001). The injected volume was smaller in the EE group than in the NS group (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The use of EE reduced the need for additional injections and improved the ease of ER. A submucosal injection of EE is useful for the ER of both gastric and colorectal neoplasms.
