Published online Jun 16, 2013. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v5.i6.281
Revised: April 3, 2013
Accepted: April 18, 2013
Published online: June 16, 2013
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AIM: To evaluate clinical outcomes and risk factors for endoscopic perforation during endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in a prospective study.
METHODS: We investigated the clinical outcomes and risk factors for the development of perforation in 98 consecutive gastric neoplasms undergoing ESD regarding. Demographic and clinical parameters including patient-, tumor-, and treatment-related factors, clinical parameters, and duration of hospital stay were analyzed for risk factors for perforation. In subgroup analysis, we also compared the clinical outcomes between perforation and “silent” free air without endoscopically visible perforation detected only by computed tomography.
RESULTS: Perforation was identified in 8.2% of patients. All patients were managed conservatively by the administration of antibiotics. The mean procedure time was significantly longer in patients with endoscopic perforation than in those without. According to the receiver-operating characteristic analysis, the resulting cutoff value of the procedure time for perforation was 115 min (87.5% sensitivity, 56.7% specificity). Prolonged procedure time (≥ 115 min) was associated with an increased risk of perforation (odds ratio 9.15; 95%CI: 1.08-77.54; P = 0.04). Following ESD, body temperature and C-reactive protein level were significantly higher in patients with perforation than in those without (P = 0.02), whereas there was no difference between these patient groups on the starting day of oral intake or of hospitalization. In subgroup analysis, the post-ESD clinical course was not different between endoscopic perforation and silent free air.
CONCLUSION: Only prolonged procedure time (≥ 115 min) was significantly associated with perforation. The clinical outcomes of perforation are favorable and are comparable to those of patients with or without silent free air.
Core tip: There has been little prospective study on the clinical outcomes of endoscopic perforation in endoscopic submucosal dissection for gastric neoplasia. In the current study, we investigated clinical outcomes of perforation during gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection, and analyzed various demographic and clinical parameters for risk factors. The results clearly demonstrated that prolonged procedure time (≥ 115 min), but not tumor location, was significantly associated with endoscopic perforation. The clinical outcomes of perforation are favorable and comparable to those with or without silent free air without endoscopic perforation as detected only by computed tomography.