Table 4 Comparison of intraoperative and postoperative clinicopathological characteristics between the two groups with tumor size ≥ 2.5 cm.

From: Comparative efficacy and safety of injection mucosa knife versus conventional techniques in endoscopic submucosal dissection for rectal laterally spreading tumors

Characteristics

Overall (n = 102)

Dual knife group (n = 51)

Injection mucosa knife group (n = 51)

P-value

Total procedure time, mins, median (IQR)

61 (51, 70)

70 (66, 77)

51 (47, 55)

< 0.001

Mucosal dissection time, mins, median (IQR)

53 (41, 61)

60 (56, 64)

41 (36, 47)

< 0.001

Submucosal dissection rate, cm²/mins, median (IQR)

0.16 (0.12, 0.23)

0.12 (0.10, 0.16)

0.21 (0.17, 0.25)

< 0.001

Severe intraoperative hemorrhage, n (%)

   

0.243

 Yes

3 (2.9%)

3 (5.9%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 No

99 (97.1%)

48 (94.1%)

51 (100.0%)

 

Intraoperative perforation, n (%)

   

> 0.999

 Yes

1 (1.0%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 No

101 (99.0%)

50 (98.0%)

51 (100.0%)

 

R0 resection, n (%)

   

> 0.999

 Yes

93 (91.2%)

47 (92.2%)

46 (90.2%)

 

 No

9 (8.8%)

4 (7.8%)

5 (9.8%)

 

Postoperative bleeding, n (%)

   

> 0.999

 Yes

1 (1.0%)

1 (2.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 No

101 (99.0%)

50 (98.0%)

51 (100.0%)

 

Postoperative fever, n (%)

   

> 0.999

 Yes

4 (3.9%)

2 (3.9%)

2 (3.9%)

 

 No

98 (96.1%)

49 (96.1%)

49 (96.1%)

 

Postoperative pathology, n (%)

   

0.948

 LGIN

44 (43.1%)

22 (43.1%)

22 (43.1%)

 

 HGIN

35 (34.3%)

18 (35.3%)

17 (33.3%)

 

 Intramucosal carcinoma

20 (19.6%)

9 (17.6%)

11 (21.6%)

 

 Submucosal carcinoma

3 (2.9%)

2 (3.9%)

1 (2.0%)

 

Postoperative hospital stay, days, median (IQR)

3.0 (2.0, 3.0)

3.0 (2.0, 4.0)

3.0 (2.0, 3.0)

0.878

  1. IQR, interquartile range; LGIN, low grade intraepithelial neoplasia; HGIN, high grade intraepithelial neoplasia; bold values indicate P < 0.05.