The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society has developed endoscopic submucosal
dissection/endoscopic mucosal resection guidelines. These guidelines present …

Background and Aims Endoscopic resection of extensive esophageal lesions has become
more common as endoscopic resection techniques and equipment have developed …

Endoscopic resection has been the standard treatment for intramucosal esophageal cancers
(ECs) because of the low risk of lymph node metastases in the lesions. In recent years …

Background and study aims: Suitable techniques for the prevention of stricture formation
after esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) are still lacking. We investigated …

Background: Although steroid injection prevents stricture after esophageal endoscopic
submucosal dissection (ESD), some patients require repeated sessions of endoscopic …

Although endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a minimally invasive treatment
method for upper gastrointestinal (GI) tumors, patients undergoing upper GI ESD sometimes …

Stricture formation after esophageal endoscopic resection has a negative impact on patients'
quality of life because it causes dysphagia and requires multiple endoscopic dilations …

Background Extensive endoscopic resections for the treatment of early oesophageal
neoplasia can result in fibro‐inflammatory strictures that require repeated interventions …

Background Although endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has become accepted for
the treatment of superficial esophageal cancer, the incidence of stricture formation caused …

Objective: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are commonly used to capture patient
experience with dysphagia and to evaluate treatment effectiveness. Inappropriate …