Publications by authors named "Nikolaj Swiridoff"
Article Synopsis
- Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a minimally invasive procedure for removing benign and early malignant lesions from the gastrointestinal tract, with this study focusing on its success and safety in rectal cases performed by a specific endoscopist at Linz hospitals.
- A total of 102 patients were analyzed, revealing an en bloc resection rate of 78.4%, a complication rate of 7.8%, and an average procedure time of 179 minutes, with approximately a quarter of cases showing carcinoma and some achieving oncologically curative resections.
- A learning curve was noted in terms of the rate of lesions removed in healthy tissue and procedure time, indicating improvement over time, but not in the en bloc resection
