Table 1 Characteristics of the resected lesions.

From: Risk factors of unintentional piecemeal resection in endoscopic mucosal resection for colorectal polyps ≥ 10 mm

 

Patients with lesions for analysis

(n = 2557)

Lesion size (mm) mean ± SD

14.3 ± 5.4

Location of lesions, n (%)

 Cecum

176 (6.9)

 Ascending colon

476 (18.6)

 Transverse colon

402 (15.7)

 Descending colon

172 (6.7)

 Sigmoid colon

1020 (39.9)

 Rectum

309 (12.1)

 Uncertain

2 (0.1)

Morphology of lesions, n (%)

 Polypoid (Is, Ip)

1914 (74.9)

 Non-polypoid (others)

643 (25.1)

Histopathological diagnosis, n (%)

 Adenoma

1955 (76.5)

 IMC

457 (17.9)

 SM-invasive cancer

145 (5.7)

Pattern of resection, n (%)

 en bloc EMR

2230 (87.2)

 uniEPMR

327 (12.8)

Observation period (days), mean ± SD

 No recurrence

621.9 ± 880.5

 Recurrence

669.8 ± 464.3

  1. SD, standard deviation; EMR, endoscopic mucosal resection; IMC, intramucosal carcinoma; SM, submucosal layer; uniEPMR, unintentional EPMR.