Food thickener for gel-immersion endoscopic mucosal resection (GIEMR) for non-pedunculated colorectal polyps: more benefits than drawbacks

• References

• 1 Miyakawa A, Kuwai T, Sakuma Y, Kubota M, Nakamura A. et al. A feasibility study comparing gel immersion endoscopic resection and underwater endoscopic mucosal resection for superficial nonampullary duodenal epithelial tumors. Endoscopy 2023; 55 (3): 261-266
• 2 Nagl S, Ebigbo A, Goelder SK, Roemmele C, Neuhaus L, Weber T. et al. Underwater vs Conventional Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of Large Sessile or Flat Colorectal Polyps: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. Gastroenterology 2021; 161: 1460-1474
• 3 Rodríguez Sánchez J, Alvarez-Gonzalez MA, Pellisé M, Coto-Ugarte D, Uchima H, Aranda-Hernández J. et al. Underwater versus conventional EMR of large nonpedunculated colorectal lesions: a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Gastrointest Endosc 2023; 975: 941-951
• 4 Ashizawa H, Hotta K, Imai K. et al. Efficacy and Safety of Gel Immersion Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Non-Pedunculated Colorectal Polyps. Life (Basel) 2023; 13 (3): 711