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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Efficacy and complication of endoscopic submucosal dissection for superficial esophageal carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Year

Country

No. patients

No. lesion

Mean age

Mean tumor size (mm)

No. of lesions that exceed 3/4 of esophageal circumference

Knife

Complication stenosis/perforation/mediastinal emphysema

Follow up period, mo

Local recurrence

Quality score

Arantes. V

2013

Brazil

23

25

68

25

3 (12%)

Flush Knife

0/1/2

21

2

20

Higuchi. K

2013

Japan

52

52

68

20

ND

IT knife/Hook-knife/Needle knife

5/0/0

>12

0

22

Fujinami. H

2013

Japan

35

38

68

31.9

ND

Stag beetle/Hook knife

0/1/8

>12

1

20

Sohara. N

2013

Japan

59

64

68

23

ND

NR

0/1/0

24

0

22

Imai. K

2013

Japan

49

50

72

ND

ND

IT knife

3/0/0

47

0

23

Omae. M

2013

Japan

44

44

70

17

ND

IT knife

0/0/0

33

0

18

Toyonaga. T

2013

Japan

138

138

69

23

ND

IT knife/Hook-knife/Needle knife

0/0/0

53

0

19

Lee. C T

2012

China

20

24

48

33.7

2 (8.3%)

IT knife

3/1/1

12

0

22

Yamashita. T

2011

Japan

71

71

NR

30

11 (15.4%)

IT knife/needle knife

6/1/0

39

0

21

Urabe. Y

2011

Japan

59

79

65

ND

ND

IT knife/Hook knife

4/6/0

36

0

22

Nonaka. K

2010

Japan

25

27

NR

21

ND

Hook knife/Flash knife/flex knife

3/1/0

>12

0

22

Hirasawa. K

2010

Japan

58

58

69

37.7

ND

IT knife/Needle knife

1/0/0

30

0

21

Takahashi. H

2010

Japan

116

116

67

30

26 (22%)

Hook knife/Needle-knife

20/3/0

36

0

23

Repici. A

2010

Italy

20

20

64

32

ND

IT knife/Hook knife

1/0/2

36

0

20

Ishii. N

2010

Japan

35

37

67

22

ND

Hook knife/Flex knife

9/0/0

19

0

20

Ono. S

2009

Japan

84

107

NR

22.9

10 (9.3%)

Flex knife/Splash needle

15/4/1

21

1

22

Fujishiro. M

2009

Japan

79

102

NR

22

9 (8.8%)

Flex-knife/Splash-needle

13/4/0

25

1

16

Ishihara. R

2008

Japan

29

31

64

16

ND

Hook-knife

3/1/0

>12

0

21

Yoshinaga. S

2008

Japan

24

25

62

16.5

ND

IT knife

2/0/0

31

0

21

Kakushima. N

2006

Japan

30

30

70

22.5

ND

Flex knife

0/1/0

15

0

20

Oyama. M

2005

Japan

102

102

NR

28

ND

Hook knife

7/0/6

21

0

17