Endoscopic Treatment of Submucosal Tumor from Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

Cho, Won Young

doi:2011.11.2.90

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The Korean Journal of Helicobacter and Upper Gastrointestinal Research 2011;11(2):90-102.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7704/kjhugr.2011.11.2.90 Published online September 10, 2011.

Endoscopic Treatment of Submucosal Tumor from Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

Won Young Cho

Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. wychomd@schmc.ac.kr

상부위장관 상피하 병변의 내시경 치료

조원영

순천향대학교 의과대학 순천향대학교병원 소화기암센터

Abstract

There are still some limitations in diagnosis of submucosal tumors of gastrointestinal tract. Surgical resection, fine needle aspiration and follow up studies have been considered to be the options for their treatments. However, severeal endoscopic resection techniques for the submucosal tumors are recently introduced and they have some advantages over the previous treatment options. This article is a review for the endoscopic treatment of the submucosal tumors of gastrointestinal tract.

Key Words: Submucosal tumor; Subepithelial tumor; Endoscopic treatment