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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2013; 19(45): 8326-8334
Published online Dec 7, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i45.8326
Gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection: From animal model to patient
Nicolás González, Adolfo Parra-Blanco, Miguel Villa-Gómez, Alejandra Gamba, Andrés Taullard, Anaulina Silveira, Alberto Sanguinetti, Carolina Olano, Henry Cohen
Nicolás González, Miguel Villa-Gómez, Alejandra Gamba, Andrés Taullard, Alberto Sanguinetti, Carolina Olano, Henry Cohen, Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
Adolfo Parra-Blanco, Department of Gastroenterology, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 6510260, Chile
Anaulina Silveira, Department of Quantitative Methods, Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
Author contributions: González N designed the research; González N, Parra-Blanco A, Villa-Gómez M, Gamba A, Taullard A, Sanguinetti A and Olano C performed the research; González N, Parra-Blanco A and Silveira A analyzed the data; González N, Parra-Blanco A and Cohen H drafted the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Supported by Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de Clínicas, Montevideo, Uruguay
Correspondence to: Nicolás González, Assistant Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de Clínicas, Av Italia 2870-Piso 4, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay. nicolasendoscopia@yahoo.es
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Received: May 29, 2013
Revised: August 9, 2013
Accepted: September 16, 2013
Published online: December 7, 2013
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Core Tip

Core tip: This study was conducted with the purpose of determining in a prospective manner the results, the efficacy and safety of learning endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), in porcine models and assessing whether this practice contributes to subsequent application of this technique in patients. The present study shows interesting findings in this regards. The authors have demonstrated the value of a sequential ESD program and believe that it can contribute to disseminate this technique and encourage its learning mostly in western countries where it is still not a common practice for different reasons.