Table 2. Comparison of different endoscopic methods for gastric GISTs.

Ref.	Method	N	Mean tumor diameter (mm)	Mean operation time (min)	En bloc resection rate (%)	Complication (%)	Follow-up time (months)	Recurrence (%)
Meng et al. (5)	EBL vs. ESD	72 vs. 27	10.68 vs. 11.78	17.11 vs. 65.26	–	1.39 vs. 18.52	6 vs. 7	15 vs. 9.1
Tan et al. (64)	STER vs. EFTR	20 vs. 32	17.8 vs. 15.4	74.9 vs. 69.1	95 vs. 96.9	5 vs. 15.6	10.9 vs. 23.8	0 vs. 0
Zhang et al. (63)	Nontunneling vs. STER	78 vs. 19	15 vs. 20	50 vs. 75	95.9 vs. 94.1	26.9 vs. 36.8	–	0 vs. 0
Balde et al. (66)	LECS vs. ESD	30 vs. 30	15 vs. 15	96.5 vs. 41.5	100 vs. 100	3.3 vs. 26.7	–	0 vs. 14.3
Ojima et al. (67)	LECS vs. EIGS	21 vs. 26	25 vs. 23	139 vs. 108	100 vs. 100	4.8 vs. 40	21 vs. 61	4.8 vs. 4

GISTs, gastrointestinal stromal tumors; EBL, endoscopic band ligation; ESD, endoscopic submucosal dissection; EFTR, endoscopic full-thickness resection; STER, submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection; LECS, laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery; EIGS, endoscopic intragastric surgery.