Clinical utility of endoscopic submucosal dissection using the pocket-creation method with a HookKnife and preoperative evaluation by endoscopic ultrasonography for the treatment of rectal neuroendocrine tumors.

Yasuhiko HamadaKyosuke TanakaAiji HattoriYuhei UmedaHiroki YukimotoReiko YamadaMisaki NakamuraHiroshi MiuraJunya TsuboiMasaki KatsuraharaNoriyuki HorikiYoshiyuki Takei

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2021)

ESD-PCM with a HookKnife provides a favorable clinical utility for removing rectal NETs, with high R0 resection rate and good follow-up outcome. In addition, EUS is useful for evaluating preoperatively the size and invasion depth of rectal NETs.

Keyphrases

endoscopic submucosal dissection
neuroendocrine tumors
rectal cancer
magnetic resonance imaging
patients undergoing
optical coherence tomography
contrast enhanced
ultrasound guided
computed tomography