Table 1.
Patients' characteristics.
| Conventional ESD | ESD with TTSPS | p value | |
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| Sex (male : female) | 26 : 8 | 48 : 6 | NS |
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| Median age (yrs) (range) | 75 (34–91) | 73 (46–86) | NS |
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| Hypertension (present : absent) |
22 : 12 | 32 : 22 | NS |
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| Diabetes mellitus (present : absent) |
6 : 28 | 10 : 44 | NS |
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| Liver disease (present : absent) |
4 : 30 | 0 : 54 | NS |
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| Hemodialysis (present : absent) |
0 : 34 | 0 : 54 | NS |
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| Other comorbidities (present : absent) |
4 : 30 | 0 : 54 | NS |
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| Rate of usage of anticoagulant and/or antiplatelet drugs (%) | 11.8 (4/34) | 22.2 (12/54) | NS |
ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection; NS: not significant; and TTSPS: thread-traction method using a sheath of polypectomy snare.