Laparoscopic-endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric submucosal tumors

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the 101 patients who underwent laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric submucosal tumors n (%)

Parameters	Statistics
No. of patients	101
Age (yr)	51.2 ± 13.1 (range 14-76)
Sex
Male	43 (42.6)
Female	58 (57.4)
Chief complaint
Dyspepsia (regurgitation, eructation, belching, epigastralgia, and epigastric discomfort)	69 (68.3)
Physical examination (asymptomatic)	27 (26.7)
Melena	5 (5.0)
Tumor location
Cardia	3 (3.0)
Gastric fundus	66 (65.3)
Gastric body	21 (20.8)
Gastric antrum	10 (9.9)
Pylorus	1 (1.0)
Distance between the tumor and cardia or pylorus (cm)	3.4 ± 1.3 (minimum 1.5)

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

Table 2 Operative data for laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery n (%)

Parameters	Statistics
Operation time (min)	113 ± 36
Conversion to open surgery	0 (0)
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	36 ± 18
Postoperative complications
Gastric fullness	0 (0)
Anastomotic leakage	0 (0)
Anastomotic stenosis	1 (1.0)
Anastomotic bleeding	1 (1.0)
Postoperative hospital stay (d)	4.5 ± 2.1
Time for nasal-gastric tube placement (d)	1.9 ± 0.5
Time until bowel function recovery (d)	2.9 ± 0.9

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

Table 3 Clinicopathologic characteristics of submucosal tumors n (%)

Parameters	Statistics
Pathological diagnosis
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor	78 (77.1)
Leiomyoma	13 (12.9)
Ectopic pancreas	3 (3.0)
Carcinoid	3 (3.0)
Lipoma	2 (2.0)
Glomus tumor	1 (1.0)
Inflammatory pseudotumor	1 (1.0)
Tumor size (cm)	4.9 ± 0.6

Data are presented as mean ± SD.