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Endoscopy 1985; 17(2): 84-85
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018465
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Preoperative Tattooing of Polypectomy Site

J.B. Poulard, B. Shatz, I. Kodner
  • Department of Surgery, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology; Washington University School of Medicine at The Jewish Hospital of St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

A simple method of marking polypectomy site is described. It involves submucosal injection of supravital dye via the colonoscope. It permits identification of site of pathology at the time of surgery.

Key words:

Polyp - Carcinoma - Tattooing

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