Clinical Study
Feasibility of Short-Period, High-Dose Intravenous Methylprednisolone for Preventing Stricture after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Esophageal Cancer: A Preliminary Study
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
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Three lesions were completely resected in one piece in one patient. The lesions in this patient were located in the Mt, and the tumor depths were 2 EP and 1 SM2. Ut: upper thoracic esophagus; Mt: middle thoracic esophagus; Lt: lower thoracic esophagus; EP: epithelium; LPM: lamina propria mucosa; MM: muscularis mucosa; SM 1: slight submucosal invasion (less than 200 μm from MM); SM 2: deep submucosal invasion (greater than 200 μm from MM); ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection. |