Biomaterial Database

If endoscopic mucosal resection is so great for large benign colon polyps, why is so much surgery still being done? 2018

Douglas K Rex

Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, United States.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003106	Colon	The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between the CECUM and the RECTUM. It includes the ASCENDING COLON; the TRANSVERSE COLON; the DESCENDING COLON; and the SIGMOID COLON.	Appendix Epiploica,Taenia Coli,Omental Appendices,Omental Appendix,Appendices, Omental,Appendix, Omental
D003111	Colonic Polyps	Discrete tissue masses that protrude into the lumen of the COLON. These POLYPS are connected to the wall of the colon either by a stalk, pedunculus, or by a broad base.	Colonic Polyp,Polyp, Colonic,Polyps, Colonic
D003113	Colonoscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the luminal surface of the colon.	Colonoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Colonoscopic,Colonoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Colonoscopic,Colonoscopic Surgeries,Colonoscopic Surgical Procedure,Colonoscopies,Procedure, Colonoscopic Surgical,Procedures, Colonoscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Colonoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Colonoscopic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000069916	Endoscopic Mucosal Resection	A method for removing lesions from gastrointestinal MUCOUS MEMBRANES. The mucosal tissue with the lesion is elevated by injecting a solution into the submucosal layer underneath it. The elevated tissue with the lesion is then cut out.	Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection,Submucosal Tunneling Endoscopic Resection,Endoscopic Mucous Membrane Resection,Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection,Strip Biopsy,Biopsy, Strip,Dissection, Endoscopic Submucosal,Endoscopic Mucosal Resections,Endoscopic Submucosal Dissections,Mucosal Resection, Endoscopic,Resection, Endoscopic Mucosal,Strip Biopsies,Submucosal Dissection, Endoscopic