Safety of cold snare resection techniques for removal of small colon polyps in patients taking clopidogrel and aspirin: a Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases prospective multicenter study

Post written by Tae-Geun Gweon, MD, from the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea. Polypectomy is a procedure associated with a high risk of bleeding. Guidelines recommend uninterrupted aspirin use during polypectomy, whereas cessation of clopidogrel 5 to 7 days before polypectomy is recommended.1 2 The cold snare …

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Cold snare resection of a nonpolypoid lesion >45 mm

Roberto Augusto Barros, MD and María José Monteverde, MD from the Department of Digestive Endoscopy, Ambulatory Gastroenterology Center (CEGA), in Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina share this video case "Cold snare resection of a nonpolypoid lesion >45 mm." We show a a cold snare mucosectomy of a non granular laterally spreading tumor (LST) larger than 45 mm, …

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