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Implementation of endoscopic submucosal dissection in Europe: survey after 10 ESD Expert Training Workshops, 2009 to 2018

  • Tsuneo Oyama
  • , Naohisa Yahagi
  • , Thierry Ponchon
  • , Tobias Kiesslich
  • , Andrej Wagner
  • , Takashi Toyonaga
  • , Toshio Uraoka
  • , Akiko Takahashi
  • , Alexander Ziachehabi
  • , Daniel Neureiter
  • , Maria Fuschlberger
  • , Franz Schachinger
  • , Hans Seifert
  • , Georg Kaehler
  • , Alexandr Mitrakov
  • , Sergey V. Kantsevoy
  • , Helmut Messmann
  • , Juergen Hochberger
  • , Frieder Berr*
  • , the ESD Workshop Training Group
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Saku Central Hospital
  • Keio University
  • Université de Lyon
  • Paracelsus Private Medical University
  • Kobe University
  • Gunma University
  • Johannes Kepler University Linz
  • Veterinary Practice
  • Klinikum Oldenburg
  • Heidelberg University 
  • Privolzhskiy Research Medical University
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • University Hospital Augsburg
  • Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH
  • Clinique de l‘Anjou
  • LeopoldinuMED Hall in Tirol
  • Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph
  • Diakonie KH Freiburg
  • Ziekenhuis Nij Smellinghe, Drachten
  • Sana
  • Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ
  • University of Zurich
  • Istanbul Aydin University
  • Townsville University Hospital
  • Kliniken Böblingen
  • Immobilienverwaltung Schulgemeindeverband Spittal a. d. Drau KG
  • KRH Klinikum Siloah
  • Hirslanden Klinik Linde
  • St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Köln-Hohenlind

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Abstract

Background and Aims: Adoption of the endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) technique for early GI cancer from Japan requires expert-supervised experimental training before unsupervised implementation of clinical ESD. The aim of this study was to evaluate unsupervised implementation of ESD intention-to-treat (ie, any resection planned and started as en bloc ESD). Methods: ESD workshops (in vivo porcine model) lasted 3.3 days, including a 1-day theory seminar, for 177 participants from 135 Western referral centers. A questionnaire was sent to the senior participant of all 135 centers. This cross-sectional questionnaire survey included main outcome measurements such as performance, organ distribution, and severe adverse events of ESD intention-to-treat. Results: Feedback was received from 113 centers (84%): 73 (54%) ESD centers and 40 centers (30%) with zero ESDs. Ten (7%) had published ESDs; no feedback was received from 12 (9%) centers with unknown status. Altogether, 83 centers (61.5%) performed ESDs: 21 (16%) had >150 ESDs (professional category), 33 (24%) had 31 to 150 ESDs (competent category), and 29 (21.5%) had ≤30 ESDs (initial learning category). Most implemented ESD centers (91% [72 of 79]) were analyzed: centers on initial learning (420 ESD) compared with centers with >30 ESDs (5676 ESDs) performed en bloc ESDs in 64% versus 84%, hybrid ESD in 26% versus 11%, and piecemeal EMR in 10% versus 5.2%. The majority of ESDs (66%-68%) performed were in the colorectum, with a low risk overall (30-day mortality, 0.03%; surgical repair, 3.5% vs 1.7%) and satisfactory outcome (oncosurgery, 7.4% vs 5.2%; local recurrence, 1.5% vs 0.3%). Conclusions: Beyond guideline recommendations, unsupervised implementation of ESD was successful in the colorectum with a step-up approach. Western ESD centers must now aim for professional (ie, >80%) curative ESD.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)472-480.e5
JournaliGIE
Volume2
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2023

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