Table 3.

Comparison of Local Recurrence, Synchronous Gastric Cancer and Metachronous Gastric Cancer between ESD and Gastrectomy Group in the Propensity Score Matched Patients

Variable	ESD group (n=175)	Gastrectomy group (n=100)	p-value
Follow-up, mo	56 (45-58)	53(44-60)	0.633
Local recurrence, %	3 (1.7)	1 (1.0)	0.654
Synchronous gastric cancer, %	6 (3.4)	1 (1.0)	0.264
Metachronous gastric cancer, %	9 (5.1)	0	0.029
5-Year survival, %	92.0	93.3	0.496

Values are presented as median (interquartile range) or number (%).

ESD, endoscopic submucosal dissection.