Clinical and Histological Outcomes According to Snare Type
Factor | Thin-snare group ( |
Thick-snare group ( |
|
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En bloc resection rate (%) | 66 (100) | 71 (100) | |
Complete resection rate (%) | 51 (77.3) | 60 (84.5) | 0.068 |
Retrieval rate (%) | 66 (100) | 71 (100) | |
Tissue fly-away (%) | 3 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.069 |
Complication (%) | |||
Immediate bleeding | 11 (16.7) | 7 (9.9) | 0.239 |
Delayed bleeding | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Perforation | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
Specimen size (mm, mean ± SD) | 8.1 ± 3.4 | 7.6 ± 4.6 | 0.487 |
Depth of specimen (%) | 0.637 | ||
Muscularis mucosa | 61 (92.4) | 64 (90.1) | |
Submucosa | 5 (7.6) | 7 (9.9) | |
Depth of submucosa (μm, mean ± SD) | 500.8 ± 403.8 (5 cases) |
409.3 ± 196.5 (7 cases) |
0.610 |