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Table 2 Treatment outcomes of rectal carcinoid tumors

From: Ligation-assisted endoscopic mucosal resection has high complete resection rate in rectal carcinoid tumor

 

Number

Tumor size

CR-E

CR-P

ARM (mm)

ICR-P

UR-P

CR-C

Follow up period (months)

Recurrence rate (%)

LEMR

25 (17%)

6.3 ± 2.7 mm

(range, 3–11 mm)

25 (100%)

25 (100%)

1.3

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

100% (25/25)

8.6 (6–26)

0

EMR

31 (21%)

6.6 ± 2.3 mm

(range, 3–12 mm)

30 (97%)

13 (42%)

0.4

8 (26%)

10 (32%)

71% (22/31)

12.8 (8–61)

29

Polypectomy

30 (21%)

7.4 ± 4.5 mm

(range, 2–20 mm)

18 (60%)

1 (3%)

0.5

17 (57%)

12 (40%)

17% (3/18)

19.3 (2–47)

83

Biopsy removal

46 (32%)

3.4 ± 1.5 mm

(range, 1–6 mm)

 

2 (4%)

0.1

21 (46%)

23 (50%)

7% (2/27)

21.6 (1–84)

93

Surgical resection

13 (9%)

9.7 ± 7.8 mm

(range, 2–25 mm)

 

11 (85%)

1.5

0 (0%)

2 (15%)

100% (13/13)

27.0 (9–91)

0

  1. CR-E, complete resection based on endoscopic evaluation; CR-P, complete resection based on pathologic evaluation; ICR-P, incomplete resection based on pathologic evaluation; UR-P, undetermined resection margin based on pathologic evaluation; CR-C, complete resection based on clinical follow up; ARM, average resection margin for complete resected tumors