Research Article

Gel Immersion Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) for Superficial Nonampullary Duodenal Epithelial Tumors May Reduce Procedure Time Compared with Underwater EMR (with Video)

Table 2

Procedure-related outcomes.

UEMRGIEMREffect size

En bloc resection13/14
(93%)
10/10
(100%)
0.1811.01
R0 resection8/14
(57%)
8/10
(80%)
0.2410.393
Median procedure time (range, minutes)10
(3–25)
5
(3–10)
0.9920.0164
Median amount of filling water/gel (range, ml)1705
(100–480)
100
(50–100)
1.4920.00124
Adverse eventsNaN1.03
 Intraprocedural or delayed perforation00
 Intraoperative bleeding11
 Delayed bleeding00

1Cramer’s . 2Cohen’s . 3Fisher’s exact test. 4Mann–Whitney test. 5Only seven recorded cases. GIEMR: gel immersion endoscopic mucosal resection; UEMR: underwater endoscopic mucosal resection.].