Research Article

Feasibility and Safety of Mark-Guided Submucosal Tunneling Endoscopic Resection for Treatment of Esophageal Submucosal Tumors Originating from the Muscularis Propria: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Table 2

The feasibility and safety of the mark-guided STER.

Outcomes

Complete resection (n, %)242 (100%)
En bloc resection (n, %)238 (98.3%)
R0 resection (n, %)236 (97.5%)
Procedure duration (min)55 (35–135)
Main complication (n, %)12 (4.5%)
  Intraprocedure bleeding (n, %)5 (2.1%)
  Pulmonary infection (n, %)2(0.8%)
  Severe chest pain (n, %)4 (1.7%)
  Intraprocedure perforation (n, %)1 (0.4%)
  Postprocedure bleeding (n, %)0
  Pleural fistula (n, %)0
  Esophageal-pleural effusion (n, %)0
  Postprocedure perforation (n, %)0
Follow-up (months)17 (3–30)
Residual (n, %)0
Recurrence (n, %)0