Endoscopic treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumor: Advantages and hurdles

Table 3 Publications reporting laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery, laparoscopy-assisted endoscopic full-thickness resection, and non-exposed wall-inversion surgery for submucosal tumors in the upper gastrointestinal tract

Ref.	n	Method	Mean operation time (min)	Mean tumor diameter (mm)	Complete resection rate (%)	Complications
Mitsui et al[61] (2014)	6	NEWS	306	34	100	0
Hoteya et al[59] (2013)	25	LAFER	156	32	1001	0
Tsujimoto et al[56] (2012)	20	LECS	157	38	1001	0
Hiki et al[66] (2011)	38	LECS			100	0
Abe et al[58] (2009)	4	LAEFR	201	30	1001	0
Hiki et al[55] (2008)	7	LECS	169	46	100	0

¹Pathologically evaluated. LAEFR: Laparoscopy-assisted endoscopic full-thickness resection; LECS: Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery; NEWS: Non-exposed wall-inversion surgery.