Cold snare for your polyps <10mm; cold snare for the planet

Enrique Rodriguez de Santiago

doi:10.1055/a-2215-5601

Endoscopy, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Endoscopy 2024; 56(02): 108-109
DOI: 10.1055/a-2215-5601

Editorial

Cold snare for your polyps <10mm; cold snare for the planet

Referring to Rex DK et al. doi: 10.1055/a-2189-2679

Enrique Rodriguez de Santiago

¹Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal. Universidad de Alcalá. IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain

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