“…This technical difficulty is likely to be associated with complications, especially perforation. Previous studies used long procedure times (more than 120 or 150 min); perforation and piecemeal resection mark the technical difficulty of colorectal ESD, and it was found that technical difficulty was associated with factors including mobility of tumor location (mobile: sigmoid or transverse colon; fixed: rectum, descending colon, ascending colon, or cecum), lesions at a fold or flexure, huge tumor (≥5 or ≥4 cm), tumors associated with scarring or local recurrence (presence of severe fibrosis) [31,32,33]. In recent years, in order to obtain adequate tissue tension and clear visibility of the tissue, reduce operating time and improve security, many ESD-assisted methods have been developed, such as the clip-with-line method, the sinker-assisted method, the internal traction method, the outer route method, the double-scope method, the external forceps method and the endoscopic surgical platform [34].…”