Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients.
Characteristics | Pocket-creation method | Conventional method | P value |
Number of lesions | 20 | 46 | |
Number of patients | 20 | 46 | |
Age, median (range), years | 73 (70–79) | 76 (68–79) | 0.818 |
Gender, male, n (%) | 13 (65) | 29 (63) | 0.879 |
Tumor location, n (%) | |||
|
10 (50) | 22 (48) | 0.871 |
|
2 (10) | 4 (9) | 0.865 |
|
5 (25) | 11 (24) | 0.925 |
|
3 (15) | 9 (19) | 0.659 |
Macroscopic type | |||
|
5 (25) | 22 (48) | 0.083 |
|
15 (75) | 24 (52) | |
Hood | |||
|
0 (0) | 11 (24) | 0.017 |
|
15 (75) | 21 (46) | 0.028 |
|
5 (25) | 14 (30) | 0.654 |
Antiplatelet or anticoagulation | 4 (20) | 4 (9) | 0.196 |
ST, small-caliber-tip.