Ex vivo porcine model study on the treatment outcomes of scissor-type knife versus needle-type knife in endoscopic submucosal dissection performed by trainees.
Ryoji IchijimaMitsuru EsakiShun YamakawaYosuke MinodaSho SuzukiChika KusanoHisatomo IkeharaTakuji GotodaPublished in: BMC surgery (2020)
This study revealed that trainees, particularly those who have experienced less than 1000 endoscopies, should opt for the scissor-type knife to perform ESD.