Outcomes of underwater endoscopic mucosal resection for colorectal polyps-Insights from western India. 2025

Sridhar Sundaram, and Gaurav Kumar Patil, and Aadish Kumar Jain, and Ankit Dalal, and Prachi Patil, and Shaesta Mehta, and Amit Maydeo
Department of Digestive Diseases and Clinical Nutrition, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, 400 012, India.

Underwater endoscopic mucosal resection (uEMR) represents an alternative to conventional EMR for resection of sessile colorectal polyps. We aimed at assessing the efficacy and safety of uEMR for sessile colorectal polyps. A retrospective analysis of endoscopy database was done for patients who underwent uEMR for sessile colorectal polyps more than 10 mm in size without any features of sub-mucosal invasion from two tertiary care centres in western India between January 2021 and June 2023. Exclusion criteria were other modes of endoscopic resection. Primary outcome was rate of en bloc resection. Secondary outcomes were complete resection rate, adverse events and recurrence rate. During the study period, 159 patients with 261 lesions met the study inclusion. Mean lesion size was 1.935 ± 0.71 cm with most lesion located in the rectum (75, 28.73%) followed by sigmoid colon (69, 26.43%). Most lesions had a Paris 0-Is morphology (192, 73.56%). Japan NBI Expert Team (JNET) IIa pattern was seen on narrow band imaging (NBI) in 221 (84.67%) lesions. Complete resection was achieved in 98.46% lesions (257/261). En bloc resection was achieved in 91.82% (236/257) lesions. Complications were seen in 6.8%, all of which were managed endoscopically. Recurrence was seen in 3.1% of polyps on follow-up. uEMR is a safe and efficacious technique for endoscopic resection for sessile colorectal polyps with high rates of en bloc resection for polyps more than 10 mm size.

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