RT Journal Article T1 Switching from endoscopic submucosal dissection to salvage piecemeal knife-assisted snare resection to remove a lesion: a preoperative risk score from the beginning A1 Marín Gabriel, José Carlos A1 Lora Pablos, David A1 Díaz Tasende, José Benjamín A1 Cancelas Navia, Pilar A1 Roríguez Muñoz, Sarbelio A1 Pozo García, Andrés J. Del A1 Alonso Riaño, Marina A1 Rodríguez Gil, Yolanda A1 Ibarrola De Andrés, Carolina Natalia A1 Castellano Tortajada, Gregorio AB Background and aims: endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in the Western setting remains a challenge. Therefore, other simplified techniques such as knife-assisted snare resection (KAR) have been reported to overcome this issue. Methods: patients who underwent an ESD for the treatment of gastrointestinal neoplasms were included in a retrospective cross-sectional observational study. Factors associated with the end of ESD as a salvage p-KAR were identified and a logistic regression model was developed. Results: a total of 136 lesions in 133 patients were analyzed. Operator experience of under 50 cases and the combination of lesion size > 30 mm and colorectal location were independent predictive factors for switching to a salvage p-KAR according to the multivariate logistic regression analysis. We developed a risk scoring system based on these four variables (experience, size, location and the combination of size and location) with a receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.81 (95% CI: 0.74-0.89). The diagnostic accuracy of the score for a cut-off point ≥ 5 had a sensitivity of 0.79 (95% CI: 0.66-0.93) and a specificity of 0.71 (95% CI: 0.61-0.80). Conclusion: a simple predictive score system that includes four preoperative factors accurately predicts ESD to finish as a p-KAR. A careful selection of cases considering these variables could be useful to achieve better outcomes in the Western setting. PB Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva SN 1130-0108 YR 2018 FD 2018 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130681 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130681 LA eng NO Marín-Gabriel, J. C., Lora Pablos, D., Díaz-Tasende, J., Cancelas-Navia, P., Rodríguez Muñoz, S., Del Pozo-García, A. J., Alonso-Riaño, M., Rodríguez-Gil, Y., Ibarrola-Andrés, C., & Castellano Tortajada, G. (2018). Switching from endoscopic submucosal dissection to salvage piecemeal knife-assisted snare resection to remove a lesion: A preoperative risk score from the beginning. Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas, 110(11), 699–705. https://doi.org/10.17235/reed.2018.5608/2018 DS Docta Complutense RD 26 feb 2026