Mucosectomy

Mucosectomy is an advanced endoscopic technique for removing superficial lesions of the digestive wall that are too extensive or too flat for a simple polypectomy. The lesion is first lifted by a submucosal injection, then resected with a snare, in one or several fragments. This technique offers a minimally invasive alternative to surgery for many precancerous or superficial lesions of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, colon or rectum. All the resected fragments are sent for histopathological analysis, which confirms the completeness of the resection and guides surveillance. At Clinique Pasteur Tunis, mucosectomy is performed by endoscopists trained in resection techniques, in an endoscopy suite equipped with high-definition equipment. The procedure takes place under sedation or anesthesia, most often as a day case or with a short hospital stay.