Table 4. Clinical results of salvage endoscopic resection (49 lesions in 37 patients).
Method of endoscopic resection | |
EMR-C | 44 |
Strip biopsy | 2 |
ESD | 3 |
Resection type | |
En bloc resection | 40 |
Piecemeal resection | 9 |
Adverse events | |
Postoperative bleeding | 1 |
Perforation | 1 |
Pneumonia | 1 |
Stricture | 4 |
Histological evaluation | |
R0 resection | 29 |
R1 resection | 11 |
Unknown (piecemeal, burned) | 9 |
Curative resection rate | |
Curative resection | 26 |
Non-curative resection | 23 |
Median tumor size (range), mm | 11 (3 – 35) |
Depth of histological invasion | |
EP-LPM | 37 |
MM | 3 |
SM1 | 2 |
SM2 or more | 5 |
Unknown (burned) | 2 |
EMR-C, endoscopic mucosal resection using a cap; ESD, endoscopic submucosal dissection; R0, tumor-free margins with en bloc resection; R1, tumor-positive margins with en bloc resection; EP, epithelium; LPM, lamina propria mucosae; MM, muscularis mucosae; SM, submucosal layer.