Appendix: Commonly used ESD Knives
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Principles and Practice
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Norio Fukami Editor
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Principles and Practice
Editor Norio Fukami, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora, CO, USA
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Foreword
It was 1996 when I and my colleagues, the Endoscopy Group at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, first developed and used the IT knife in endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer, and it is unbelievable how fast almost two decades have passed since then. Because surgical treatment, such as esophagectomy, gastrectomy, and colectomy, deteriorate patient condition despite clinical benefit, and because ESD obtains undoubtedly much better quality of life with comparable outcome, ESD has been widely accepted as a standard treatment for early
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