Table 1.

The patient characteristics and treatment outcomes

Variable	Mean ± SD (n, %)
No. of patients	41
Age (years)	53.95 ± 14.10
Gender (male)	13 (31.7 %)
Size of tumor (mm)	16.34 ± 5.89
Location of tumor
Antrum anterior wall	1 (2.44 %)
Antrum greater curvature	2 (4.88 %)
Corpus anterior wall	6 (14.63 %)
Corpus greater curvature	6 (14.63 %)
Corpus lesser curvature	4 (9.76 %)
Corpus posterior wall	9 (21.95 %)
Fundus	13 (31.71 %)
Duration of EFTR	78.82 ± 46.44
OTSC	6 (14.63 %)
Pneumoperitonea during EFTR	26 (63.41 %)
Cost of defect closing	1014.04 ± 524.89
In-hospital days	5.39 ± 1.14
Pathology
Carcinoid tumor	1 (2.44 %)
GIST	33 (80.49 %)
Heterotopic pancreas	1 (2.44 %)
Hyaline degeneration	1 (2.44 %)
Leiomyoma	4 (9.76)
Schwannoma	1 (2.44 %)
Complications	9 (21.95 %)
Abdominal pain	2 (4.88 %)
Dysuresia	1 (2.44 %)
Abdominal pain and fever	3 (7.32 %)
Nausea and vomiting	1 (2.44 %)
Pharyngalgia	1 (2.44 %)
Tenderness of upper abdomen	1 (2.44 %)

OTSC over-the-scope clip system, GIST gastrointestinal stromal tumor