Clin Endosc.  2013 Nov;46(6):683-684.

A Second Assisting Endoscope for the Removal of an Accidentally Unreleased Detachable Snare during Colon Polypectomy

• Kim JW
• Oh HC
• Choi CH
• Kim BJ
• Kim JW
• Kim JG

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Colon*
Endoscopes*
SNARE Proteins*
SNARE Proteins

Figure

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  Fig. 1 The unreleased snare observed by the second assisting endoscope.

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  Fig. 2 Snare resection of the stalk just above the rubber stopper.

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  Fig. 3 Gross specimen of the removed polyp.

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