The Efficacy of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Type I Gastric Carcinoid Tumors Compared with Conventional Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients with EMR and ESD groups.

	EMR (𝑛=48)	ESD (𝑛=39)	𝑃 value
Age, mean ± SD, year	53.2±10.5	55.0±10.2	0.626
Male, 𝑛 (%)	18 (37.5)	22 (56.4)	0.427
Dyspepsia, 𝑛 (%)	12 (25.0)	9 (23.1)	0.752
Endoscopic findings
Open type atrophic gastritis,^†  𝑛 (%)	38 (79.1)	28 (71.8)	0.459
Size of the tumor, mean ± SD, mm	7.8±3.2	7.7±2.8	0.852
Location			0.754
Antrum	10 (20.8)	8 (20.5)
Body	32 (66.7)	28 (71.8)
Fundus	6 (12.5)	3 (7.7)

†According to Kimura-Takemoto classification in white light endoscopy image.
EMR: endoscopic mucosal resection and ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection.