Research Article

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Gastric Tube Carcinoma after Esophagectomy Contributes to Long-Term Outcomes

Table 1

Patient characteristics and procedural outcomes (n = 31).

Patient characteristics

Sex ratio (%)
 Male29 (93.5)
 Female2 (6.5)
Median age, years (range)73 (58–84)
Synchronous occurrence6
Metachronous occurrence9
Period from onset to esophagectomy, years (range)10.6 (0.8–18.2)
Reconstruction route
 Retrosternal16
 Posterior mediastinum15
Stage of initial esophageal cancer
 03
 I5
 II9
 III5
 IV1
 Unknown8
Atrophic gastritis
 Positive31
 Negative0
Procedural outcomes
Adverse events (%)
 Bleeding2 (6.5)
 Perforation0
Complete resection (%)25 (80.6)
Curative resection (%)15 (48.4)