How to establish endoscopic submucosal dissection in Western countries

Figure 1 Strategy how to learn and establish endoscopic submucosal dissection in the west. ESD: Endoscopic submucosal dissection.

Figure 2 Distribution of reference centers with interventional endoscopists participating in the seven experimental endoscopic submucosal dissection workshops [red flags, n = 110, (30 two times)] and in the Clinical endoscopic submucosal dissection-Tutorings (blue flags, n = 51, repeatedly). Additional participants in workshops and clinical tutoring from Jerusalem, Amman and Cairo, respectively. Created with http://www.google.com/maps.