Review Article

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Large Colorectal Tumor in a Japanese General Hospital

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 608 colorectal ESDs divided into 2 separate groups.

Group A (20–49 mm)Group B (≧50)

Total ESDs51197
Age, y.o., mean ± SD
Tumor size, mm, mean ± SD
Tumor location
 Cecum6717
 Right colon25449
 Left colon16918
 Rectum8830
Macroscopic type
 LST-G20580
 LST-NG26013
 Protruded404
 Recurrent 60
Histology
 Adenoma28943
 Mucosal cancer12028
 SM1 cancer398
 SM2 cancer2010
 Serrated or nonneoplastic lesions432
En bloc resection rate, %99.299.0
Curative resection rate, %94.788.7
Procedure time, min, mean ± SD
Complication, no. (%)
 Immediate perforation13 (2.5%)8 (8.2%)
 Delayed perforation1 (0.2%)0 (0%)
 Bleeding6 (1.2%)1 (1.0%)
 Others1 (0.2%)

ESDs: endoscopic submucosal dissections, LST-G: granular -type laterally spreading tumor, SD: standard deviation, SM1: submucosal invasion less than 1000  m from the muscularis mucosae, and SM2: submucosal invasion 1000  m or more from the muscularis mucosae.