Endoscopic Treatment of Submucosal Tumor from Upper Gastrointestinal Tract.
10.7704/kjhugr.2011.11.2.90
- Author:
Won Young CHO
1
Author Information
1. Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. wychomd@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Submucosal tumor;
Subepithelial tumor;
Endoscopic treatment
- MeSH:
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
- From:The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research
2011;11(2):90-102
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
There are still some limitations in diagnosis of submucosal tumors of gastrointestinal tract. Surgical resection, fine needle aspiration and follow up studies have been considered to be the options for their treatments. However, severeal endoscopic resection techniques for the submucosal tumors are recently introduced and they have some advantages over the previous treatment options. This article is a review for the endoscopic treatment of the submucosal tumors of gastrointestinal tract.
