Table 3. Procedure-related outcomes.
Pocket-creation method | Conventional method | Non-adjusted P value | IPTW-adjusted P value OR (95 % CI) | |
En bloc resection | 40/40 (100 %) |
47/50 (94 %) |
0.25 1 |
0.19
1
6.6 (0.31–141.39) |
R0 resection | 35/40 (88 %) |
39/50 (78 %) |
0.28 1 |
0.27
2
1.92 (0.6–6.15) |
Median dissection time (range, minutes) |
53.5 (16–123) |
63 (7–300) |
0.036 3 |
0.025
2
2.25 (1.11–4.58) |
Median dissection speed (ranges, mm 2 /minutes) 4 |
19.3 (5.8–53) |
15.9 (3.1–50.4) |
0.020 3 |
0.013
2
2.53 (1.22–5.25) |
Horizontal margin | 0.99 2 |
1.0
2
1.0 (0.24–4.06) |
||
|
36 (90 %) |
45 (90 %) |
||
|
1/3 (10 %) |
1/4 (10 %) |
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Vertical margin | 0.038 1 |
0.045
2
8.66 (1.05–71.61) |
||
|
39 (98 %) |
41 (82 %) |
||
|
1/0 (2 %) |
7/2 (18 %) |
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pVM0 resection/ shallow lesion 4 | 35/36 (97 %) |
39/43 (91 %) |
0.37 1 | |
(adenoma, intramucosal carcinoma and slightly invasive submucosal carcinoma < 1000 µm) | (11, 24, 1) | (15, 20, 8) | ||
pVM0 resection/ deeply invasive submucosal carcinoma ≥ 1000 µm | 4/4 (100 %) |
2/7 (29 %) |
0.06 1 | |
Endoscopist | 1,0 | |||
|
23 (58 %) | 30 (60 %) | ||
|
17 (43 %) | 20 (40 %) | ||
Adverse events | 0.22 1 |
0.68
2
0.69 (0.12–4.03) |
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|
1 (3 %) | 4 (8 %) | ||
|
0 (0 %) | 1 (3 %) |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; VM, vertical margin.
Fisherʼs exact test
Generalized estimating equations
Mann–Whitney U test
Measured adequate specimen case
ESD experience before study 5 or more cases
ESD experience before study less than 5 cases