Endoscopical segmental piecemeal tumorectomy for nodular elevation of colorectal tumor: applicability and patient's quality of life

Acta Med Okayama. 1994 Jun;48(3):169-71. doi: 10.18926/AMO/31124.

Abstract

Endoscopical segmental piecemeal tumorectomy (ESPT) for nodular elevation of colorectal tumor is advantageous in terms of minimizing both surgical invasion and postoperative burden to the patients. Nodular elevation of colorectal tumors is said to occur when the body of the tumor is adenomatous and the surface of the focal cancer grows more horizontally into the lumen than vertically. We report here four cases of nodular elevation of colorectal tumors which were each treated by different surgical procedures.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Colonoscopy
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged