Abstract:Abstract: Objective?To explore the feasibility of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early hypopharyngeal carcinoma and precancerous lesions.?Methods?Clinical data of 10 patients who received ESD for early hypopharyngeal carcinoma and precancerous lesions from Feb 2016 to Dec 2018 were retrospectively analyzed, and the safety and efficacy were evaluated.?Results?10 patients with a total of 12 hypopharyngeal lesions were treated by ESD. The average length of lesions was (1.7?±?0.8) cm (0.8?~?3.0 cm), and the average operation time was (65.6?±?46.0) min (20?~?160 min). All of the lesions were resected by ESD successfully, with an en bloc resection rate was 100%. The result showed that 1 case occurred delayed bleeding and another case occurred dyspnea after ESD, all of them were successfully recovered by endoscopic and conservative treatment. There were no perforation, subcutaneous emphysema or other complications occurred. Pathology revealed 3 low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, 5 high-grade intraepithelial neoplasia, and 4 moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Except for one lesion of squamous cell carcinoma had positive vertical margin and added radiotherapy, all of other lesions had tumor-free horizontal and vertical margins. With the exception of one patient occurred esophageal portal stenosis and successfully relieved after dilatation, no local residual, recurrence or metastasis was detected during the median follow-up period of 21.5 months (5?~?39 months).?Conclusion?ESD is a safe and effective procedure for treatment of early hypopharyngeal carcinoma and precancerous lesions, which is worthy of clinical application.