Abstract

ARANTES, Vitor; FORERO PINEROS, Elías Alfonso; TOYONAGA, Takashi  and  YAMAMOTO, Hironori. Endoscopic treatment of early esophageal squamous carcinoma by the endoscopic submucosal disection. Gen [online]. 2012, vol.66, n.4, pp.278-286. ISSN 0016-3503.

The development of high-resolution endoscopes with chromoendoscopy and the education of endoscopists have enabled the detection of early stage esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC). Moreover, in recent years there has been an important progress in the management of early gastrointestinal neoplastic lesions after the development in Japan of endoluminal techniques for en-block tumor resection, namely endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). The combination of these factors facilitated the expansion of indications for endoscopic minimally invasive curative interventions in selected patients with superficial ESCC. This review article presents a comprehensive overview and detailed description of the ESD procedure for treatment of ESCC in order to facilitate the dissemination of this concept and the incorporation of this new technique in Latin-America.