Outline of Japanese Guidelines for Colorectal Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection with a Short Reference to the Western Recommendations

Abstract

The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society published the latest English versions of the guidelines for endoscopic submucosal dissection and endoscopic mucosal resection for colorectal neoplastic lesions and colorectal cold polypectomy in 2020 and 2022, respectively. In this article, I present a comprehensive overview of these guidelines, including a comparison with the Western recommendations.

Keywords

• colorectal neoplasm
• endoscopic submucosal dissection
• endoscopic mucosal resection
• cold polypectomy
• guideline