Making a resect-and-discard strategy work for diminutive colorectal polyps: let's get real

Douglas K. Rex

doi:10.1055/a-1616-0659

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2022; 54(04): 364-366
DOI: 10.1055/a-1616-0659

Editorial

Making a resect-and-discard strategy work for diminutive colorectal polyps: let's get real

Referring to Taghiakbari M et al. p. 354–363

Douglas K. Rex

Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

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