Table 2 A comparison of treatment outcomes between the m-EMR and ESD groups before propensity score matching.

From: Comparison of endoscopic submucosal dissection and modified endoscopic mucosal resection for rectal neuroendocrine tumors

 

m-EMR

(n = 178)

ESD

(n = 126)

P value

Procedure time, median (range), min

6 (2–17)

26 (7–120)

< 0.001*

En bloc resection

178 (100%)

126 (100%)

1.00

Resection margin

Negative

162 (91.0%)

103 (81.7%)

0.038*

Indeterminate

8 (4.5%)

8 (6.3%)

 

Positive

8 (4.5%)

15 (11.9%)

 

Adverse events

Postprocedure bleeding

12 (6.7%)

4 (3.2%)

0.201

Perforation

1 (0.6%)

2 (1.6%)

0.572

  1. m-EMR, modified endoscopic mucosal resection; ESD, endoscopic submucosal dissection.
  2. *P < .05.