PMID- 31887274 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210217 LR - 20210527 IS - 1097-6779 (Electronic) IS - 0016-5107 (Linking) VI - 91 IP - 5 DP - 2020 May TI - Impact of en bloc resection on long-term outcomes after endoscopic mucosal resection: a matched cohort study. PG - 1155-1163.e1 LID - S0016-5107(19)32567-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.gie.2019.12.025 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Residual or recurrent adenoma (RRA) is the major limitation of piecemeal EMR (p-EMR) for large colonic laterally spreading lesions (LSLs) >/=20 mm. En bloc EMR (e-EMR) has been shown to achieve low rates of RRA but specific procedural and long-term outcomes are unknown. Our aim was to compare long-term outcomes of size-matched LSLs stratified by whether they were resected e-EMR or p-EMR. METHODS: Data from a prospective tertiary referral multicenter cohort of large LSLs referred for EMR over a 10-year period were analyzed. Outcomes were compared between sized-matched LSLs (20-25 mm) resected by p-EMR or e-EMR. RESULTS: Five hundred seventy LSLs met the inclusion criteria of which 259 (45.4%) were resected by e-EMR. The risk of major deep mural injury (DMI) was significantly higher in the e-EMR group (3.5% vs 1.0%, P = .05), whereas rates of other intraprocedural adverse events did not differ significantly. Five of 9 (56%) LSLs, with endoscopic features of submucosal invasion (SMI), resected by e-EMR were saved from surgery. RRA at first surveillance was lower in the e-EMR group (2.0% vs 5.7%, P = .04), but this difference was negated at subsequent surveillance. Rates of surgical referral were not significantly different between the groups at either surveillance interval. CONCLUSION: When comparing e-EMR against p-EMR for lesions