Research Article

Procedure Time for Gastric Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection according to Location, considering Both Mucosal Circumferential Incision and Submucosal Dissection

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of gastric tumors.

CharacteristicsValue (%)

Sex (females : males)80 : 222 (1 : 2.5)
Age, years, median (range)73 (40–92)
Morphology
 Protruded (0-I)11(3.7)
 Flat (0-II b, 0-II a)143 (6, 137)(47.4)
 Depressed (0-II a + II c, 0-IIc)147 (138, 9)(48.8)
 Submucosal tumor1(0.3)
Tumor size (mm), median (range)11 (2–60)
Specimen size (mm), median (range)34 (14–110)
Histology
 Adenoma36(11.9)
 Differentiated type247(81.8)
 Mix type (differentiated + undifferentiated type (<20 mm))12(4)
 Undifferentiated type5(1.7)
2(0.7)
Ulcer or scar24(7.9)
Hidden fibrosis35(11.6)
Much time to hemostasis51(16.9)
Perforation7(2.3)
Delayed bleeding9(3.0)

: one case was neuroendocrine tumor and another was hyperplastic polyp.