Endoscopic Resection for Small Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumors: Comparison of Endoscopic Submucosal Resection with Band Ligation and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection

Table 1

Patients and tumor characteristics for the ESMR-L and ESD groups.

	ESMR-L ( = 53)	ESD ( = 24)	Total ( = 77)	value
Age (year)	53.6 ± 12.7	50.8 ± 12.4	52.7 ± 12.6	0.378
Sex (M/F),	33/21	21/6	50/27	0.311
Tumor size (mm)
EUS	5.0 ± 1.7	5.5 ± 2.1	5.2 ± 1.9	0.220
Histology	4.6 ± 1.7	5.2 ± 1.9	4.7 ± 1.8	0.137
Distance from AV (cm)	5.5 ± 2.8	5.5 ± 2.5	5.5 ± 2.7	0.895

EUS: endoscopic ultrasound.
AV: anal verge.
Values are expressed as mean ± SD.