Review Article

Clinical Overview of GIST and Its Latest Management by Endoscopic Resection in Upper GI: A Literature Review

Table 1

Relevant outcomes of the endoscopic enucleation procedure for gastrointestinal subepithelial tumors.

Study, GIST1MethodMean tumor size (mm)Mean procedure time (min)Complete resection rate (%)Complication (%)Mean follow-up (mo), recurrence

Sun et al. [26] (2007)29, 29EBL8.0 (body)96.03.441, 1
9.0 (fundus)
11.0 (cardia)
Nan et al. [28] (2014)192, 177EBL8.01001.0
He et al. [30] (2013)31, 31ESD27.070.210029.014.3, 0
Meng et al. [32] (2016)68, 49ESD25.899.3298.511.812.9, 0
47, 31LWR37.1125.2210023.411.1, 0
Liu et al. [33] (2012)31, 16EMD22.176.89712.917.7, 0
Ye et al. [35] (2014)85, 19STER19.257.21004.78.0, 0
Gong et al. [36] (2012)12, 7ESTD19.548.383.316.7
Chen et al. [37] (2015)180, 28STER26.0 (median)45 (median)90.68.336 (median), 0
Li et al. [38] (2015)32, 11STER23.051.810043.828.0, 0

1Total number of pathologically diagnosed GIST. 2Mean procedure time for GIST with a size of 20–50 mm. EBL = endoscopic band ligation; ESD = endoscopic submucosal dissection; LWR = laparoscopic wedge resection; EMD = endoscopic muscularis dissection; STER = submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection; ESTD = endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection.