Endoscopic full-thickness resection for treating small tumors originating from the muscularis propria in the gastric fundus: An improvement in technique over 15 years

Table 1 Patient characteristics

		L-EFTR	S-EFTR	E-EFTR	P value
Female, n (%)	27 (75)	8 (29.6)	8 (29.6)	11 (40.7)	0.554
Age (yr)	55.8 ± 10.20	57.7 ± 8.53	5.35 ± 8.91	57.2 ± 12.83	0.535
Tumor size (mm)	9.0 ± 3.98	6.5 ± 1.96	12.6 ± 4.42	9.6 ± 3.45	0.505

L-EFTR: Ligation-assisted endoscopic full-thickness resection; S-EFTR: Snare-assisted endoscopic full-thickness resection; E-EFTR: Endoscopic submucosal dissection-assisted endoscopic full-thickness resection.