CC BY 4.0 · Endoscopy 2023; 55(03): 245-251
DOI: 10.1055/a-1960-3552
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Low risk of local recurrence after a successful en bloc endoscopic submucosal dissection for noninvasive colorectal lesions with positive horizontal resection margins (R-ESD study)

1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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2   Endoscopy Unit, Center for Upper Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
3   Pedro Hispano Hospital, Advanced Endoscopy Center Carlos Moreira da Silva, Porto, Portugal
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Arjun Koch
4   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Mariana Figueiredo Ferreira
5   Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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6   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center of São João, Porto, Portugal
7   IPATIMUP/i3S, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Emanuel Dias
6   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center of São João, Porto, Portugal
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Masami Omae
2   Endoscopy Unit, Center for Upper Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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4   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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8   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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5   Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Jurjen J. Boonstra
8   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Leon M. G. Moons
1   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Background During endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), the normal mucosa is cut under constant optical control. We studied whether a positive horizontal resection margin after a complete en bloc ESD predicts local recurrence.

Methods In this European multicenter cohort study, patients with a complete en bloc colorectal ESD were selected from prospective registries. Cases were defined by a horizontal resection margin that was positive or indeterminate for dysplasia (HM1), whereas controls had a free resection margin (HM0). Low risk lesions with submucosal invasion (T1) and margins free of carcinoma were analyzed separately. The main outcome was local recurrence.

Results From 928 consecutive ESDs (2011–2020), 354 patients (40 % female; mean age 67 years, median follow-up 23.6 months), with 308 noninvasive lesions and 46 T1 lesions, were included. The recurrence rate for noninvasive lesions was 1/212 (0.5 %; 95 %CI 0.02 %–2.6 %) for HM0 vs. 2/96 (2.1 %; 95 %CI 0.57 %–7.3 %) for HM1. The recurrence rate for T1 lesions was 1/38 (2.6 %; 95 %CI 0.14 %–13.5 %) for HM0 vs. 2/8 (25 %; 95 %CI 7.2 %–59.1 %) for HM1.

Conclusion A positive horizontal resection margin after an en bloc ESD for noninvasive lesions is associated with a marginal nonsignificant increase in the local recurrence rate, equal to an ESD with clear horizontal margins. This could not be confirmed for T1 lesions.

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Publication History

Received: 26 October 2021

Accepted after revision: 12 October 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
13 October 2022

Article published online:
12 January 2023

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