Preserving the Mucosa to the Maximum Possible Extent for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Subcircumferential Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma

Table 2

The patients’ characteristics and the details of management after ESD.

	Non-LB group	LB group	value
Number of patients	7	18
Median procedure time (min) [range]	156.0 [110–210]	140.0 [60–340]	0.544^※※
Median lesion size (mm) [range]	59.5 [52–85]	56.0 [42–82]	0.412^※※
Median resected specimen size (mm) [range]	67.5 [59–105]	60.0 [47–87]	0.363^※※
pHM x (%)	0 (0)	3 (16.7)	0.724^※
pHM1 (%)	0 (0)	4 (22.2)	0.558^※
Local recurrence (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Median observation period (days) [range]	806 [184–2512]	763 [42–1834]	0.288^※※
Median post-ESD period until complete epithelization (days) [range]	105 [48–132]	51.0 [25–76]	0.012^※※
Number of EBD patients (%)	4 (57.1)	6 (33.3)	0.490^※
Median number of EBD sessions (number) [range]	2 [2–9]	1 [1–8]	0.122^※※
Median total; Triamcinolone dose (mg) [range]	220 [152–312]	106 [40–216]	0.008^※※
Median injection sessions (number) [range]	5.0 [2–10]	2.3 [1–4]	0.025^※※

^※Fisher’s exact test; ^※※Mann–Whitney U test.