Endoscopic submucosal dissection for removal of superficial gastrointestinal neoplasms: A technical review

Table 1 Comparison between endoscopic mucosal resection and endoscopic submucosal dissection

	Method	Total cases	En-bloc resection (%)	Complete resection (%)	Complication (%)			Year1	Reference
					Bleeding	Perforation	Stenosis
Esophagus	ESD	31	100	97	-	3	-	2008	Ishihara et al[5]
	EMRC	68	87	71	1.4	-	4.4	2008	Ishihara et al[5]
	EMR-2channel	72	71	46	-	-	-	2008	Ishihara et al[5]
Stomach	ESD	195	83	83	3.9	9.7	-	2006	Oka et al[6]
	EMR	825	42	23.6	6.2	0.5	-	2006	Oka et al[6]
	ESD	243	95.9	93	5.3	4.5	-	2009	Min et al[7]
	EMR-precut	103	77.7	89.3	3.9	1.9	-	2009	Min et al[7]
	ESD	303	92.7	73.6	-	3.6	-	2006	Oka et al[8]
	EMR	411	56	61.1	-	2.2	-	2006	Oka et al[6]
Colon (over 2 cm)	ESD	145	84	98	1.4	6.2	-	2010	Saito et al[9]
	EMR	228	33	86	3.1	1.3	-	2010	Saito et al[9]

¹Year of paper publication. -: Not mentioned in the article; ESD: Endoscopic submucosal dissection; EMRC: Endoscopic mucosal resection using a transparent cap; EMR-2channel: 2-channel endoscopic mucosal resection; EMR-precut: Endoscopic mucosal resection after circumferential precutting.