Hyperplastic Polyps - Endoscopy (9 of 14)

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Case description

In the image and the video are observed two polyps that have been ligated. Historically, in the pre-endoscopic era, the patients with polyps of upper digestive tract were treated with surgical resection; the patients with low risk did not operate unless a change in size of the polyp noticed or malignant degeneration in the radiological studies were suspected. In 1968, the first report of a successful endoscopic gastric polypectomy was published and, as of this moment, the therapeutic approach to these injuries changed radically

tags: polyp endoscopy polypectomy malignant degeneration

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