Endoscopic treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumor: Advantages and hurdles

Table 2 Recent publications reporting endoscopic enucleation and endoscopic full-thickness resection for upper gastrointestinal tumors originating from the proper muscle layer

Ref.	n	Method	Mean operation time (min)	Mean tumor diameter (mm)	Complete resection rate (%)	Complications/recurrence
Wang et al[43] (2014)	86	Standard ESD	-	-	100	4 delayed bleedings9 perforations5 local recurrences
Ye et al[47] (2014)	85	ESTD	57	19	100	4 pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema2 pneumothorax2 subcutaneous emphysema
Feng et al[49] (2014)	48	EFTR	60	16	100	0
Li et al[48] (2012)	143	ESD (134), EFTR (6), ESTD (3)	45	18	941	2 pneumothorax,1 subcutaneous emphysema
Białek et al[42] (2012)	22	Standard ESD	-	-	681	2 perforations
Liu et al[44] (2013)	31	EMD	77	22	97	4 perforations
Inoue et al[45] (2012)	7	SET	152	19	100	0
Gong et al[46] (2012)	12	ESTD	48	20	83	2 pneumothoraxand subcutaneous emphysema
Zhou et al[52] (2011)	26	EFTR	105	28	100	0
Hwang et al[41] (2009)	25	ESD	-	29	64	3 perforations
Lee et al[40] (2006)	11	ESD	61	21	75	0

¹Pathologically evaluated. EFTR: Endoscopic full-thickness resection; EMD: Endoscopic muscularis dissection; ESD: Endoscopic submucosal dissection; ESTD: Endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection; SET: Submucosal endoscopic tumor resection.