Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics.

Pta	Age/gender	Presenting symptoms	Size of resected mass (cmb)	Depth of invasion	Location of mass	Mitotic rate (per hpfc)	Reason for hybrid	Endoscopic specimen margin	Laparoscopic specimen margin	Duration (mind)
1	56/Fe	Melena/anemia	3.0 and 2.8	Muscularis propria	Fundus (near GEf junction)	1/50	Near GE junction and endophytic	Positive	Negative	209
2	57/Mg	Dysphagia	4.2	Muscularis propria	Antrum, posterior wall	1/50	Endophytic; difficult to identify laparoscopically	Positive	Negative	157
3	75/M	Dyspepsia	2.6 × 1.9	Serosa	Body, anterior wall	2/50	Endophytic; difficult to identify laparoscopically	Positive	Negative	137
4	68/F	LUQh pain/chest pain	3.5 × 3.3 × 3.2	Submucosa	Cardia (near GE junction)	0/50	Near GE junction and endophytic	Positive	Negative	146

^aPt = patient.

^bCm = centimeter.

^cHpf = high-powered field.

^dMin = minutes.

^eF = female.

^fGE = gastroesophageal.

^gM = male.

^hLUQ = left upper quadrant.