Table 1. Characteristics of patients and lesions.
Pocket-creation method | Conventional method | P value | |
Patients/lesions | 40/40 | 49/50 | 0.61 1 |
|
25 (63 %) | 28 (57 %) | |
|
15 (38 %) | 21 (43 %) | |
Median age | 64.5 | 67 | 0.27 2 |
|
(42–90) | (42–88) | |
Location | 0.69 1 | ||
|
15 (38 %) | 18 (36 %) | |
|
6 (15 %) | 11 (22 %) | |
|
19 (48 %) | 21 (42 %) | |
Morphology | 0.47 1 | ||
|
10 (25 %) | 16 (32 %) | |
|
30 (75 %) | 34 (68 %) | |
Median tumor size | 30.5 | 30.5 | 0.77 2 |
|
(20–57) | (20–90) | |
Endoscope | > 0.99 3 | ||
|
37 (93 %) | 46 (93 %) | |
|
3 (8 %) | 4 (7 %) | |
Muscle retracting sign | 0.76 3 | ||
|
6 (15 %) | 6 (12 %) | |
|
34 (85 %) | 44 (88 %) | |
Histological type | 0.10 3 | ||
|
11 (28 %) | 15 (30 %) | |
|
24 (60 %) | 20 (40 %) | |
|
1 (3 %) | 8 (16 %) | |
|
4 (10 %) | 7 (14 %) |
χ2 test
Mann–Whitney U test
Fisher's exact test
EC-580RD/M (Fujifilm, Tokyo, Japan)
EC-450BI5 with TS-13101 or BI-530B with TS-13101 (Fujifilm)