Background: EMR has been increasingly used for the therapy of high grade dysplasia and
intramucosal carcinoma in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Two techniques are currently …

Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is an increasingly popular minimally invasive
technique that is used for the management of superficial lesions in the upper and lower …

Background: Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is a commonly used therapeutic
procedure for Barrett's esophagus. We have developed a new technique for EMR that …

Background: There is no study of circumferential EMR in patients with Barrett's esophagus
containing early stage malignant lesions. This study investigated the effectiveness and …

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) has been proposed as a primary
method of managing patients with dysplasia-or mucosal-based cancers of the esophagus …

OBJECTIVES: Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is an established technique for the
management of Barrett's esophagus (BE). Although EMR is generally perceived to be a …

Results: The mean depth of the specimens from the two techniques was not significantly
different (0.51 cm vs. 0.50 cm, P= 0.76). All specimens contained substantial submucosa …

Background Barrett's mucosa resection techniques are time consuming, often difficult to
perform, and used with varying success. This report describes the authors' results with a new …

Given the relative simplicity, safety and effectiveness of the technique, it has become an
endoscopic alternative to surgery in resecting flat and polypoid neoplasms of the mucosa by …

Background and objective Focal endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of visible
intraepithelial lesions arising within Barrett's esophagus (BE) may miss synchronous lesions …