Table 4.

Endoscopic submucosal dissection in patients with liver cirrhosis

Ref.	Patients N (Child-Pugh A, B, C) /lesion, n	En-bloc resection, with R0, %	Perforation n (%)	Late bleeding n (%)	Median observation period (mo) Prognosis
Ogura et al[51]	15 (9, 6, 0)/18	88.9, 77.8	0 (0)	3 (20)	21.4 mo No recurrence but 3 patients underwent additional ER or surgery
Kwon et al[35]	18 (13, 3, 2)/22	90.9, 86.4	1 (5.6)	ND (approximately 9)	NE
Choi et al[57]	23 (20, 3, 0)/23	86.2, 82.6	0 (0)	1 (4.3)	17.5 mo (range, 2 to 72 mo) No local recurrence was found in either group during the follow-up period
Repici et al[58]	5 (4, 1, 0) /5	100, 100	0 (0)	2 (40)	22 mo (range, 18 to 36 mo) No recurrence
Kato et al[52]	69 (53, 15, 1)/69	99, 90	1 (1.5)	4 (5.8)	33.4 mo (range, 0.5-96.9 mo) The 5-yr overall survival rates were 60%

ND: Not described; NE: Not evaluated.