MAY 14, 2024

Sharma's Endoscopy Insights

Cold EMR, Recognition of Invasive Cancer in Colon Polyps and a Novel Through-the-Scope Suturing System

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Professor of Medicine
University of Kansas
School of Medicine
Kansas City


By Prateek Sharma, MD, with Jillian Mock

In this issue of Sharma’s Endoscopy Insights, I discuss three studies with ranging topics: colon polyps with submucosal invasion, resection using cold snare polypectomy versus cold endoscopic mucosal resection, and a through-the-scope suturing system.

The ability of the endoscopist to recognize submucosal invasion in large (=20 mm) nonpedunculated polyps is