Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 101 patients who underwent laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric submucosal tumors n (%)
| Parameters | Statistics |
| No. of patients | 101 |
| Age (yr) | 51.2 ± 13.1 (range 14-76) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 43 (42.6) |
| Female | 58 (57.4) |
| Chief complaint | |
| Dyspepsia (regurgitation, eructation, belching, epigastralgia, and epigastric discomfort) | 69 (68.3) |
| Physical examination (asymptomatic) | 27 (26.7) |
| Melena | 5 (5.0) |
| Tumor location | |
| Cardia | 3 (3.0) |
| Gastric fundus | 66 (65.3) |
| Gastric body | 21 (20.8) |
| Gastric antrum | 10 (9.9) |
| Pylorus | 1 (1.0) |
| Distance between the tumor and cardia or pylorus (cm) | 3.4 ± 1.3 (minimum 1.5) |
Data are presented as mean ± SD.