Hybrid Push-Pull Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Full Thickness Resection for the Minimally Invasive Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Pilot Clinical Study

Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics.

Pt^a	Age/gender	Presenting symptoms	Size of resected mass (cm^b)	Depth of invasion	Location of mass	Mitotic rate (per hpf^c)	Reason for hybrid	Endoscopic specimen margin	Laparoscopic specimen margin	Duration (min^d)
1	56/F^e	Melena/anemia	3.0 and 2.8	Muscularis propria	Fundus (near GE^f junction)	1/50	Near GE junction and endophytic	Positive	Negative	209
2	57/M^g	Dysphagia	4.2	Muscularis propria	Antrum, posterior wall	1/50	Endophytic; difficult to identify laparoscopically	Positive	Negative	157
3	75/M	Dyspepsia	2.6 × 1.9	Serosa	Body, anterior wall	2/50	Endophytic; difficult to identify laparoscopically	Positive	Negative	137
4	68/F	LUQ^h pain/chest pain	3.5 × 3.3 × 3.2	Submucosa	Cardia (near GE junction)	0/50	Near GE junction and endophytic	Positive	Negative	146

Pt = patient.
^bCm = centimeter.
^cHpf = high-powered field.
^dMin = minutes.
^eF = female.
^fGE = gastroesophageal.
^gM = male.
^hLUQ = left upper quadrant.