This guidance requires that clinicians undertaking endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for oesophageal squamous carcinoma or squamous dysplasia make special arrangements for audit. NICE has identified relevant audit criteria and has developed an audit tool (which is for use at local discretion).
The evidence considered by the Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee is described in the overview.
NICE has produced information for the public on this procedure. It explains the nature of the procedure and the guidance issued by NICE, and has been written with patient consent in mind.
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