Exposed endoscopic full-thickness resection vs thoracoscopic surgery for complex esophageal subepithelial lesions arising from the muscularis propria

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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2026; 32(18): 116018
Published online May 14, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i18.116018

Table 1 Baseline clinicopathologic characteristics of enrolled patients, mean ± SD/n (%)

Variables	EFTR (n = 15)	TS (n = 45)	P value
Age, years	47.2 ± 15.6	41.6 ± 11.3	0.148
Male sex	8 (57.1)	28 (62.2)	0.734
Location			0.775
Cervical	7 (46.6)	18 (40.0)
Thoracic	4 (26.7)	17 (37.8)
Abdominal	4 (26.7)	10 (22.2)
Lesion size, mm	59.3 ± 21.7	48.7 ± 19.3	0.087
Pathology			0.041
Leiomyoma	10 (66.7)	40 (88.9)
GIST	3 (20.0)	1 (2.2)
Schwannomas	0	4 (8.9)
Others¹	2 (13.3)	0 (0.0)
ASA class			0.325
I	12 (80.0)	40 (88.9)
II	3 (20.0)	5 (11.1)
III	0	0

¹Hemangioma, granuloblastoma.

EFTR: Endoscopic full-thickness resection; TS: Thoracoscopic surgery; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; GIST: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

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Citation: Li XX, Zheng QF, Garcia AM, Shi ZY, Shi M, Islam MS, Liu D. Exposed endoscopic full-thickness resection vs thoracoscopic surgery for complex esophageal subepithelial lesions arising from the muscularis propria. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(18): 116018
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Li XX, Zheng QF, Garcia AM, Shi ZY, Shi M, Islam MS, Liu D. Exposed endoscopic full-thickness resection vs thoracoscopic surgery for complex esophageal subepithelial lesions arising from the muscularis propria. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(18): 116018 [DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i18.116018]

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