An Endoscopic Barbed-clips Suturing for Colorectal ESD

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has emerged as a new endoscopic technique that allows en-bloc resection of GI lesions, irrespective of size. The most common complications of the ESD techniques are bleeding and perforation. Several reports have shown that if prophylactic closure of a mucosal defect with clips would reduce the risk of bleeding following endoscopic intervention by ESD. With the advancements in endoscopic therapy, various techniques for prevention of post-ESD complications have been reported. However, there have some limitations including their inability to close large defects and the complexity of the approaches and the need for expensive equipment to complete the procedure. To address these issues, we have devised a novel endoscopic barbed-clips suturing method for mucosal defect closure after endoscopic submucosal dissection of colon. In this study, we assessed the technical feasibility of this novel technique.