Endoscopic Mucosal Resection in Louisiana

Potential difficulties associated with endoscopic mucosal resection procedures include:

• Puncture (perforation): There is a tiny danger of a puncture through the wall of the digestive tract, based on the proportions and placement of the lesion that is removed.
• Bleeding: This is the most standard difficulty and can usually be identified and corrected during the procedure.
• Tapering of the esophagus: Withdrawing certain esophageal lesions can raise the danger of scarring, which narrows the esophagus. This could lead to difficulty swallowing and necessitate more treatment.

Contact your Louisiana gastrointestinal physician or get urgent care if you develop any of the listed signs or symptoms after you receive an endoscopic mucosal resection:

• Chills
• Chest or abdominal discomfort
• Fever
• Bright red blood in the stool
• Throwing up
• Fainting
• Shortness of breath
• Black stool

An additional meeting with your GI specialist at GastroGroup & Endocenter will be scheduled to review the results of your endoscopic mucosal resection and the findings of any laboratory tests done on tissue samples. Some questions to raise with your doctor include:

• Do I need to see a cancer doctor (oncologist)?
• Were you able to eliminate all anomalous tissue?
• If I have cancer, will I require additional treatments?
• What were the results of the laboratory tests? Do I have cancer?
• How will you watch my health?

Typically, you will have a supplementary upper endoscopy or colonoscopy a few months after your endoscopic mucosal resection to be sure the lesion is gone. During your first procedure, your specialist could stain the section of the eliminated growth with ink (tattoo) so that the area can be easily inspected during any future procedures. The needs for additional appointments depend on the conclusions of these results.