A novel device for endoscopic submucosal dissection, the Fork knife

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2008; 14(43): 6726-6732
Published online Nov 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6726

Table 1 Baseline and tumor characteristics of the patients in each group

Characteristic	Group A (n = 265)	Group B (n = 72)
Gender (M/F) (%)	189 (71.3)/76 (28.7)	51 (70.8)/21 (29.2)
Mean age (yr)	62.4 ± 9.5	63.3 ± 9.3
Size of specimen (cm)	4.27 ± 1.26	4.29 ± 1.48
Pathologic report, n (%)
TALG	51 (19.2)	10 (13.9)
TAHG/CIS	30 (11.3)	9 (12.5)
Adenocarcinoma WD	96 (36.2)	24 (33.3)
Adenocarcinoma MD	64 (24.2)	19 (26.4)
Adenocarcinoma PD	15 (5.7)	7 (9.7)
Signet ring cell type	8 (3.0)	3 (4.2)
Other tumor¹	1 (0.4)	0

TALG: Tubular adenoma lower-grade dysplasia; TAHG: Tubular adenoma high-grade dysplasia; CIS: Carcinoma in situ; WD: Well-differentiated; MD: Moderately differentiated; PD: Poorly differentiated.

¹Carcinoid tumor.

Citation: Kim HG, Cho JY, Bok GH, Cho WY, Kim WJ, Hong SJ, Ko BM, Kim JO, Lee JS, Lee MS, Shim CS. A novel device for endoscopic submucosal dissection, the Fork knife. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(43): 6726-6732
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i43/6726.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.6726