HOW TO TEACH AND LEARN ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION FOR UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASM IN JAPAN

Background: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is an innovative and promising procedure. However, ESD experience is mostly limited to Japan and a few countries in Asia. An appropriate training system should be proposed from Japan to promote a permeation of ESD technique. We conducted questionnaire survey to representative Japanese experts to reveal their training method of ESD for upper gastrointestinal neoplasm Materials and Methods: We...