In this study, we examined rabbit gastric ulcer models that can serve as more clinically relevant models. Two types of ulcer model were studied: acetic acid-induced ulcers (AAU) and mucosal resection-induced ulcers (MRU). For AAU, rabbit gastric mucosa was exposed by median laparotomy and treated with bottled acetic acid. MRU was examined as a model for endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). Norma...

Aim : to identify risk factors for neoplasms recurrence removed by endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). Patients and methods the single-center retrospective observational study included 207 patients with 260 benign colon neoplasms. There were 95 (45.9%) males 112 (54.1%) females. The median age of was 67 (27-80) years. results obtained assessed using following criteria: morbidity rate, complicat...

Translation from Spanish to English by T.A. Zuur and The Language Workshop ......................................... Received: 25-01-11 Accepted: 02-08-11 Abstract Introduction: Nowhere in the world is there a clear guide for what we must do for patients with gastric neuroendocrine tumors (gastric NETs). Although mucosectomy is often advised for lesions of less than 1cm in which there are no me...