Key clinical point: The risk for bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer (EGC) is not significantly different between patients with surgically altered stomach and whole stomach.
Major finding: Patients with surgically altered vs whole stomach did not have a significant difference in the risk for bleeding after ESD (adjusted odds ratio 1.37; 95% CI 0.87-2.17).
Study details: This subanalysis of a multicenter retrospective study included 10,765 patients who underwent ESD for EGC, of which 445 had surgically altered stomach and 10,320 had whole stomach.
Disclosures: This study was partially supported by the Japanese Foundation for Research and Promotion of Endoscopy Grant. M Fujishiro declared receiving lecture honoraria from various sources.
Source: Odagiri H et al. Bleeding following endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer in surgically altered stomach. Digestion. 2022 (Oct 4). Doi: 10.1159/000526865