If endoscopic mucosal resection is so great for large benign colon polyps, why is so much surgery still being done?

Douglas K. Rex

doi:10.1055/a-0589-0451

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2018; 50(07): 657-659
DOI: 10.1055/a-0589-0451

Editorial

If endoscopic mucosal resection is so great for large benign colon polyps, why is so much surgery still being done?

Referring to Sidhu M et al. p. 684–692

Authors

Douglas K. Rex

Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, United States

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