Endoscopic Treatment of 14 Cases of Small Subepithelial Lesions in the Gastrointestinal Tract Using a Combined Snare, Long Lucency Cap, and Argon Plasma Coagulation Technique

Jian Pang, Jingyu Wu, Chen Sun, Yan Jiang, Xiangyuan Liu, Chang'en Liu, Xinwen Lei, Tengqi Wang

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¹ Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010000, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China; Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Bayannur Hospital, Bayannur 015000, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China,

² Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Bayannur Hospital, Bayannur 015000, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China,

JCNR 2024 , 8(10), 175–181; https://doi.org/10.26689/jcnr.v8i10.8636

© 2024 by the Authors. Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

Abstract

Subepithelial lesions (SEL) of the digestive tract refer to a series of benign and malignant subepithelial masses that appear smooth or rough under gastrointestinal endoscopy. Endoscopic resection of subepithelial lesions in the digestive tract is widely recognized due to its advantages of minimal trauma and rapid recovery. This paper reports and summarizes the experiences of using the combined snare, long lucency cap, and argon plasma coagulation technique to remove small subepithelial lesions in 14 patients.

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