Table 2.
The sloughing off time for the ligated polyp and early cancers
| Lesion type | n |
Cases with different sloughing off time |
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| 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 |
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.