Laparoscopic-endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric submucosal tumors

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 101 patients who underwent laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric submucosal tumors n (%)

Parameters	Statistics
No. of patients	101
Age (yr)	51.2 ± 13.1 (range 14-76)
Sex
Male	43 (42.6)
Female	58 (57.4)
Chief complaint
Dyspepsia (regurgitation, eructation, belching, epigastralgia, and epigastric discomfort)	69 (68.3)
Physical examination (asymptomatic)	27 (26.7)
Melena	5 (5.0)
Tumor location
Cardia	3 (3.0)
Gastric fundus	66 (65.3)
Gastric body	21 (20.8)
Gastric antrum	10 (9.9)
Pylorus	1 (1.0)
Distance between the tumor and cardia or pylorus (cm)	3.4 ± 1.3 (minimum 1.5)

Data are presented as mean ± SD.