Comparison of treatment strategies for submucosal tumors originating from the muscularis propria at esophagogastric junction or cardia

Figure 5 A patient who underwent laparoscopic wedge resection. A: A histology specimen from a patient who underwent a macroscopically complete resection during laparoscopic wedge resection, but with R1 resection in the final pathology report, showed no evidence of recurrence for > 5 years; B: Kaplan-Meier estimate of recurrence-free survival. ESD: Endoscopic submucosal dissection; STER: Submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection; LWR: Laparoscopic wedge resection.