Video: Endoscopic mucosal resection
Endoscopic mucosal resection, or EMR, makes consume of a specially designed endoscope or colonoscope to put off suspect tissue or polyps from your esophagus or colon. The tissue or polyp is first injected with an answer that raises a blister, allowing your doctor to put off the tissue with out detrimental the remainder of the esophagus or colon. The answer also helps decrease bleeding.
Suction is then outdated to extra steal the growth up and away from surrounding tissue. A skinny wire loop is slipped over the tissue, and an electric contemporary is passed thru the wire. This cuts the growth and helps to seal the hurt. As soon as the growth is free, or no longer it is scooped up in a cramped wire basket and removed from the digestive tract for prognosis within the lab.
