ESD (Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection) was developed in Japan in the early 2000s initially for gastric cancer, then esophageal cancer and colorectal cancers.
Professor Messmann, the President of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) treated his first patient using ESD in 2003 – almost 20 years ago. He now leads the team at the Augsburg Centre which treats 200 cases a year using the technique, the highest number of ...