Table 2. Patient characteristics and outcomes of C-EMR.
Patient no. | Morphology | Location | Size (mm) | Polypectomy technique | Adjunct techniques | Histology | Follow-up (months) |
1 | Sessile | Lip of ICV | 15 | Piecemeal | APC | TA | 25 |
2 | Sessile | Lip of ICV | 10 | En bloc | None | Adenocarcinoma | 2 |
3 | Sessile | Lip of ICV | 20 | Piecemeal | APC/snare | TVA | Patient declined |
4 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 6 | En bloc | None | TA | 5 |
5 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 15 | Piecemeal | None | TVA | Lost to follow up |
6 | Sessile | Invading into terminal ileum | 25 | Piecemeal | None | TA | 3 |
7 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 20 | Piecemeal | APC | TVA | 6 |
8 | Flat | Invading into cecum | 20 | Piecemeal | APC/snare | SSA | 4, 67 |
9 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 15 | Piecemeal | Snare | Inflammatory | 36 |
10 | Flat | Invading into cecum | 20 | En bloc | None | TA | 4 |
11 | Sessile | Invading into cecum | 15 | Piecemeal | APC | TVA | 3 |
12 | Flat | Invading into cecum | 35 | Piecemeal | Snare | TVA | 3, 8 |
13 | Sessile | Invading into cecum | 15 | En bloc | None | TA | 3, 56 |
14 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 10 | Piecemeal | APC/snare | TA | 7 |
15 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 10 | En bloc | Coagulation grasper for visible vessels | TA | NI |
16 | Flat | Invading into cecum | 45 | Piecemeal | Coagulation grasper for visible vessels | TVA with areas approaching high grade dysplasia | Declined follow up given terminal diagnosis of liver cancer |
17 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 15 | En bloc | Snare | TA | NI |
18 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 20 | Piecemeal | None | SSA | 8 |
19 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 20 | Piecemeal | Hemoclips to prevent bleeding | TA | 7 |
20 | Flat | Lip of ICV | 5 | En bloc | None | Lipoma | NI |
21 | Sessile | Lip of ICV | 10 | Piecemeal | APC | TVA | 7 |
C-EMR, cap-assisted endoscopic mucosal resection; ICV, ileocecal valve; APC, argon plasma coagulation; TA, tubular adenoma; TVA, tubulovillous adenoma; SSA, sessile serrated adenoma; NA, not available; NI, not indicated.