Treatment modalities for early gastric cancer

Figure 1 Endoscopic mucosal resection with Multiband Ligator for early gastric cancer. A: Argon plasma coagulation is used for marking early gastric cancer; B: A multiband ligator was used to create a pseudopolyp and it is removed by a minipolypectomy snare using pure coagulating current; C: Residual scar after Multiband Mucosectomy.

Figure 2 Different types of devices, specific for each step of the Endoscopic submucosal dissection procedure. A: ITknife-2; B: Hook knife; C: Dual knife; D: Grasper for haemostasis. (Courtesy of Olympus Medical Systems,Tokyo, Japan).