Abstract:Objective To study the application value of extracorporeal modified snare traction in endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of early upper gastrointestinal cancer and submucosal tumor, and compare the application effect of two modified snare traction methods.Methods Retrospective analysis was performed on 72 patients with early upper gastrointestinal cancer and submucosal tumor treated with ESD. Group A was treated with traditional ESD, group B was treated with thick snare traction, and group C was treated with thin snare traction. The diameter of the lesion, the mean operation time, the number of hemostatic clip detachment, the submucosal injection amount, the rate of complete resection, the complications and the follow-up of the three groups were compared.Results 72 patients were successfully completed ESD, the difference were not statistically significant (P > 0.05) in the lesion diameter, intraoperative bleeding obvious and delayed hemorrhages of three groups; The average operation time, added submucosal injection quantity of C group is significantly less than group A (P < 0.05). A complete resection rate of group C (100.00%) was higher than that of group B and group A, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05); Number of hemostatic clip detachment of group C was less than group B, the differences was statistically significant (P < 0.05).Conclusion The modified snare traction-assisted technique can significantly shorten the operation time of ESD in the upper gastrointestinal tract, reduce the intraoperative submucosal supplementary injection, and has the advantage of adjustable traction direction. Using external thin snare to assist traction, the hemostatic clip is not easy to be detached, and the complete removal rate is high, especially for the application of difficult ESD in the upper digestive tract.