Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Resection for Small Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors in Elderly Patients

Table 3

Perioperative information and postoperative complications of patients.

Characteristics	Nonelderly (<65 years)	Elderly (≥65 years)	value
Number of patients	195	65
Number of lesions	199	66
Endoscopic method			NS
ESD	133 (66.8%)	42 (63.6%)
EFTR	39 (19.6%)	14 (21.2%)
ESE	19 (9.6%)	9 (13.6%)
ESR	4 (2.0%)	1 (1.5%)
STER	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Endoscopic procedure			NS
En bloc	197 (99.0%)	66 (100.0%)
Piecemeal	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Intraoperative blood loss (ml)			NS
Postoperative fasting (days)			NS
Postoperative antibiotic usage (days)			NS
Hospital stay (days)			NS
Hospitalization expenses (RMB)			NS
Postoperative complications
Delayed bleeding (ml)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	NS
Perforation	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	NS
ER-related death	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	NS
Recurrence	1 (0.5%)	1 (1.5%)	NS

Data are shown as (%) or of patients. NS: not significant; ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection; EFTR: endoscopic full-thickness resection; ESE: endoscopic submucosal excavation; ESR: endoscopic snare resection; STER: submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection; ER: endoscopic resection.