Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Clinical Study

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

Table 4

Complication and procedure duration in endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection groups.
 EMR ( )ESD ( ) value
Immediate bleeding, (%)3 (6.3)6 (15.4)0.288
Delayed bleeding, (%)2 (4.2)2 (5.1)>0.999
Perforation, (%)0 (0.0)1 (2.6)0.448
Surgery due to complication, (%)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)NA
Procedure time, mean ± SD, min <0.001
EMR: endoscopic mucosal resection, ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection, and NA: not accessible.