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. 2016 Aug 9;4(8):E841–E848. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-109609

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.