Investigation of the Local Recurrence Rate after Colorectal Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: Is Incomplete Polyp Resection Really a Clinically Important Problem? Analysis of the Rationale for the "Resect and Discard" Strategy.
Jun ArimotoTakuma HigurashiHideyuki ChibaNoboru MisawaTsutomu YoshiharaTakayuki KatoKenji KanoshimaAkiko FuyukiHidenori OhkuboTakashi NonakaTakamitsu SatoEiji SakaiHiroshi IidaTohru GotoAtsushi NakajimaPublished in: Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology (2019)
This is the world's first report conducted to examine the correlation of IPR and the local recurrence rate for clinical practice of "Resect and Discard" strategy. There is the possibility that pathological evaluation of the margins after EMR in patients with small polyps can be skipped.