Endoscopy 2020; 52(S 01): S324
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1705046
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Thursday, April 23, 2020 09:00 – 17:00 Endoscopic technology ePoster area
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COLD SNARE POLYPECTOMY FOR UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL LESIONS

R Küttner-Magalhães
1   Santo António Hospital, Porto University Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology, Porto, Portugal
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J Correia-Sousa
1   Santo António Hospital, Porto University Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology, Porto, Portugal
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M Garrido
1   Santo António Hospital, Porto University Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology, Porto, Portugal
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D Falcão
1   Santo António Hospital, Porto University Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology, Porto, Portugal
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L Mais
1   Santo António Hospital, Porto University Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology, Porto, Portugal
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R Marcos-Pinto
1   Santo António Hospital, Porto University Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology, Porto, Portugal
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I Pedroto
1   Santo António Hospital, Porto University Hospital Centre, Gastroenterology, Porto, Portugal
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Publication Date:
23 April 2020 (online)

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Cold snare polypectomy is the method of choice for removal of colonic lesions up to 10 mm. The use of this technique in the upper gastrointestinal tract is not widely used. We describe the technique of cold snare polypectomy in two patients, for diminute Paris 0-IIa lesions in the oesophagus and stomach. Both the procedures underwent uneventfully besides mild bleeding that subsided. The pathologic result revealed an oesophageal squamous cell papilloma and a gastric lesion with low grade dysplasia, both with free lateral margins. Cold snare polypectomy can be an optional additional technique for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal lesions.