Endoscopic resection using band ligation for esophageal SMT in less than 10 mm

Table 1 Summary of clinicopathologic features and treatment outcome in 15 patients underwent endoscopic resection using band ligation for esophageal submucosal layer tumor

No.	Gender	Age (yr)	Pathology	Symptoms	Location	Procedure time (min)	Complication	Minor complication	Size (mm)	En bloc resection	Margin status	Follow-up (mo)	Outcomes
1	M	54	GCP	None	Middle	10	No	Chest pain	8	Yes	LM (-)/VM (+)	64	No recur
2	F	52	GCP	None	Upper	4	No	No	7	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	46	No recur
3	M	44	GCP	Reflux	Lower	7	No	No	8	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	41	No recur
4	M	52	Lipoma	None	Lower	17	No	No	7	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	41	No recur
5	F	31	Leiomyoma	None	Upper	7	No	Hot burn	13	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	25	No recur
6	M	46	GCP	Heartburn	Middle	10	No	Chest pain	7	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	20	No recur
7	M	57	GCP	None	Lower	8	No	Chest pain	7	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	17	No recur
8	F	42	GCP	Epigastric pain	Upper	8	No	No	2	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	17	No recur
9	F	46	GCP	None	Upper	10	No	No	9	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	12	No recur
10	M	58	GCP	Epigastric pain	Middle	15	No	No	4	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	5	No recur
11	F	48	GCP	Globus	Lower	9	No	No	12	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	43	No recur
12	F	44	Leiomyoma	None	Middle	5	No	No	6	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	43	No recur
13	F	70	Leiomyoma	None	Middle	5	No	No	7	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	45	No recur
14	F	46	GCP	None	Lower	12	No	No	1	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	12	No recur
15	F	65	Leiomyoma	None	Upper	6	No	Hot burn	6	Yes	LM (-)/VM (-)	45	No recur

GCP: Granular cell tumor; LM: Lateral margin; VM: Vertical margin.

Table 2 Characteristics of patients and tumors n (%)

Characteristics	Values
Age, yr (mean ± SD)	50.3 ± 9.67
Sex, male	6 (40)
Tumor location
Upper esophagus	5 (33.3)
Middle esophagus	5 (33.3)
Lower esophagus	5 (33.3)
Tumor size, mm (mean ± SD)	6.93 ± 3.15
Tumor size, mm
> 10	2 (13.3)
5-10	10 (66.6)
< 5	3 (20.0)

GCP: Granular cell tumor; LM: Lateral margin; VM: Vertical margin.

Table 3 Clinical outcomes of endoscopic resection using band ligation n (%)

Characteristics	Values
Endoscopic complete resection	15 (100)
pathologic complete resection	14 (93.3)
Lateral margin	15 (100)
Vertical margin	14 (93.3)
Procedure time, min (mean ± SD)	8.86 ± 3.66
Major complication
bleeding	0 (0)
perforation	0 (0)
Minor complication
Hot burn	2 (13.3)
Chest pain	3 (20.0)
Recurrence on follow up	0 (0)
Pathologic outcomes
Granular cell tumor	10 (66.6)
Leiomyoma	4 (16.6)
Lipoma	1 (6.6)