Yang QY, Zhao Q, Hu JW. Is endoscopic mucosal resection-precutting superior to conventional methods for removing sessile colorectal polyps? World J Gastrointest Surg 2023; 15(8): 1838-1840 [PMID: 37701687 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i8.1838]
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Jian-Wen Hu, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Dongyang People's Hospital, No. 60 Wuning West Road, Dongyang 322100, Zhejiang Province, China. cchcsq0529@163.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Aug 27, 2023; 15(8): 1838-1840 Published online Aug 27, 2023. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v15.i8.1838
Is endoscopic mucosal resection-precutting superior to conventional methods for removing sessile colorectal polyps?
Qun-Ying Yang, Qian Zhao, Jian-Wen Hu
Qun-Ying Yang, Qian Zhao, Jian-Wen Hu, Department of Gastroenterology, Dongyang People's Hospital, Dongyang 322100, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Yang QY reviewed the literature and contributed to manuscript drafting; Yang QY and Zhao Q wrote the paper; Hu JW was responsible for the revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content; All the authors reviewed and approved the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Jian-Wen Hu, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Dongyang People's Hospital, No. 60 Wuning West Road, Dongyang 322100, Zhejiang Province, China. cchcsq0529@163.com
Received: March 21, 2023 Peer-review started: March 21, 2023 First decision: May 15, 2023 Revised: May 24, 2023 Accepted: July 3, 2023 Article in press: July 3, 2023 Published online: August 27, 2023
Abstract
We reviewed a study that reported a comparative analysis of the effects of endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) precutting and conventional EMR for removing non-pedunculated, 10-20 mm sized colorectal polyps. We identified some statistical deficiencies in this study. In addition, we believe that the differences between the treatments failed to achieve significance, and therefore, further analysis is required.
Core Tip: This is a comment on an article that reported whether endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)-precutting (EMR-P) is superior to conventional EMR (CEMR) for removing sessile colorectal polyps. It was a randomised, prospective, multicentre study with high-quality evidence, but we think that some questions remain as to whether EMR-P is superior to CEMR.
