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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2022; 10(05): E580-E581
DOI: 10.1055/a-1776-7685
Editorial

Cold or hot snare in endoscopy – that is the question

Michael Vieth
1   Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Markus F Neurath
2   Internal Medicine II, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
3   Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, DZI, Erlangen, Germany
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In the current issue of Endoscopy International Open, Ikeda et al. [1] present a feasibility study on cold snare removal of colonic polyps. The aim was to elucidate whether the quality of the cold snare specimens can be increased by placing the tissues on filter paper.



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13 May 2022

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