Cold snare polypectomy: is there a limit to polyp size?

David G. Hewett; Nicholas J. Tutticci

doi:10.1055/a-0576-0461

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2018; 50(04): 356-357
DOI: 10.1055/a-0576-0461

Editorial

Cold snare polypectomy: is there a limit to polyp size?

Referring to Papastergiou V et al. p. 403–411 and Tate DJ et al. DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-121219

David G. Hewett

¹Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

²Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Nicholas J. Tutticci

¹Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

²Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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