Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical effect of vitamin C in patients underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) after esophageal iodine staining.Methods 68 patients with esophageal precancerous lesions who underwent ESD after iodine staining from January 2020 to September 2021 were analyzed retrospectively. Before operation, 0.4% vitamin C saline 40 mL was injected into the stomach, and the esophagus was stained with iodine. After the lesions were marked by iodine staining, the esophagus was rinsed with 0.4% vitamin C saline 20 mL and then rinsed with normal saline, and then the patients were divided into group A (n = 31). Esophageal iodine staining was used to mark the lesion area, and the patients underwent operation after routine saline iodine washing solution were divided into group B (n = 37). The operation time, transverse diameter of specimen, throat discomfort, chest and abdominal pain score and the use of analgesics were analyzed.Results There was no significant difference in pharynx and throat discomfort, operation time and transverse diameter between the two groups. The scores of thoracic and abdominal pain in group A and group B were (1.29 ± 0.59) and (3.54 ± 1.26) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (t = 9.13, P = 0.001), and the use of analgesics was 0 in group A and 5 in group B, and utilization rate of group A (0.00%) compared with group B (13.51%), the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.042). Comparison of gastric fundus mucosa, the difference was statistically significant (χ2 = 26.15, P = 0.000).Conclusion Vitamin C saline is injected into gastric fundus before esophagus ESD and iodine staining, and then rinsed with vitamin C saline after iodine staining. This innovative method can significantly reduce postoperative pain and increase patient comfort, and can be popularized in clinical application.