Feasibility of Short-Period, High-Dose Intravenous Methylprednisolone for Preventing Stricture after Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Esophageal Cancer: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

Nonstricture cases administered steroid pulse therapy after esophageal ESD.

Case	Sex	Age (yr)	Location	Mucosal defect circumference	Longitudinal resected specimen size (mm)	Tumor depth
1	M	75	Lt	1/2–<3/4	50	MM
2	M	60	Lt	≥3/4–<7/8	50	LPM
3^∗	M	63	Mt	≥7/8	111	1 SM2, 2 EP
4	M	70	Mt	≥3/4–<7/8	53	EP
5	M	83	Lt	1/2–<3/4	52	EP

^∗In case 3, three lesions were completely resected in one piece. ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection; Mt: middle thoracic esophagus; Lt: lower thoracic esophagus; EP: epithelium; LPM: lamina propria mucosa; MM: muscularis mucosa; SM2: deep submucosal invasion (greater than 200 μm from MM).