Table 7. Reasons for no curative resection and incidence of additional operations.
Reason for no curative resection | Number of patients | Additional surgical operation |
Positive margin | 9 | 6 |
Invasion ≥ SM2 | 5 | 4 |
Invasion of lymph duct | 3 | 2 |
SM1 and (size > 30 mm or UL( + )) | 2 | 2 |
Undifferentiated-type and size > 20 mm | 1 | 0 |
Total | 20 (13.9 %) | 14 (9.7 %) |
SM1, tumor invasion to submucosa ( < 500 μm); SM2; tumor invasion to submucosa ( ≥ 500 μm); UL( + ), with ulcerative findings.