Closed laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for early gastric cancer with difficulty in endoscopic submucosal dissection: a report of three cases

Surgical Case Reports

Table 1 Patients characteristics of the three patients

	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3
Age	54	74	58
Sex	Male	Male	Female
BMI (kg/m²)	22.2	22.3	22.0
Location of tumor	Upper, anterior	Middle, anterior, greater curvature	Upper, posterior, greater curvature
Tumor size (mm)	14	7	7
Cause of ESD interruption	Perforation	Respiratory failure	Carbon dioxide narcosis