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. 1997 Sep 15;3(3):195–196. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v3.i3.195

Table 2.

The sloughing off time for the ligated polyp and early cancers

Lesion type n Cases with different sloughing off time
4-5 (d) 6-8 (d) 9-10 (d)
Polyp
TP 8 5 3 0
SP 7 4 3 0
LP 6 1 4 1
Early cancer1
Gastric CA 3 1 2 0
Esophageal Ca 2 0 2 0
1

No cancerous cells were found in the resected specimen of 5 early stage cancers. TP: Thick polyp; SP: Sub pedunculated polyp; LP: Long pedunculated polyp.