1. Proper muscle layer damage affects ulcer healing after gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection
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Kimihiro Igarashi, Yohei Horikawa, Hiroya Mizutamari, Yuhei Kato, Syunji Okubo, Nobuya Mimori, Shin Tawaraya, Masayuki Sawaguchi, and Kazuhiro Shimazu
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Ulcer healing ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Univariate analysis ,business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,Retrospective cohort study ,Endoscopic submucosal dissection ,Muscle layer ,Reduction ratio ,Surgery ,Pharmacotherapy ,Concomitant ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,business - Abstract
Background and Aim Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is the established therapy for superficial gastrointestinal neoplasms. However, management of the artificial ulcers associated with ESD has become important and the relationship between ulcer healing factors and treatment is still unclear. We aimed to evaluate ESD-related artificial ulcer reduction ratio at 4 weeks to assess factors associating with ulcer healing after ESD that may lead to optimal treatment. Methods Between January 2009 and December 2013, a total of 375 lesions fulfilled the expanded criteria for ESD. We defined ulcer reduction rate
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- 2015