Table 2.
Publications reporting endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection for upper gastrointestinal subepithelial tumors originating in the muscularis propria
| Ref. | No. of patients | Location | Mean tumor diameter (mm) | Mean procedure time (min) | Resection method | Complete resection rate (%) | Total complication rate (%) | Mean follow-up period (mo)/recurrence in complete resection patients |
| Inoue et al[10] (2012) | 7 | Esophagus/cardia | 19.0 | 152 | Submucosal endoscopic tumor resection | 100 | 0 | 5.5/N |
| Gong et al[24] (2012) | 12 | Esophagus/cardia | 19.5 | 48.3 | ESTD | 83.3 | 16.7 | NA |
| Liu et al[26] (2013) | 12 | Esophagus/cardia | 18.5 | 78.3 | tEMD | 100 | 66.7 | 7.1/N |
| Ye et al[25] (2014) | 85 | Esophagus/cardia/stomach | 19.2 | 57.2 | STER | 100 | 9.4 | 81/N |
| Zhou et al[27] (2015) | 21 | Esophagogastric junction | 23.0 | 62.9 | STER | 100 | 42.9 | 61/N |
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Median follow-up period. ESTD: Endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection; N: None; NA: Not available; tEMD: Tunneling endoscopic muscularis dissection; STER: Submucosal tunneling and endoscopic resection.