Editorial: Optimizing the success of cold snare polypectomy in colonoscopy practice

Tiing Leong Ang^{1

2

3

4}, Han-Mo Chiu^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, SingHealth, Simei, Singapore.
² Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ LKCMedicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, New Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan.

Editorial

Tiing Leong Ang et al. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;38(5):678-679.

doi: 10.1111/jgh.16204. Epub 2023 May 2.

Tiing Leong Ang^{1

2

3

4}, Han-Mo Chiu^{5

6}

¹ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Changi General Hospital, SingHealth, Simei, Singapore.
² Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
³ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ LKCMedicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, New Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan.

No abstract available

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