- Characteristics of the included studies (continuation).
| Authors | Lesion size, median (mm) | Presence of ulcer | Location (U/M/L) | Location (G/L/A/P) | Macroscopic type (0-I/0-II/0-III) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCM | CM | PCM | CM | PCM | CM | PCM | CM | PCM | CM | |
| Wu et al14 | 32 (27-40) | 30(25-40) | 3 | 2 | 7/10/11 | 7/10/10 | 5/13/6/4 | 5/14/5/3 | 1/27/0 | 3/24/0 |
| Lin et al15 | 38 (35-40) | 34.5 (30-37) | 3 | 2 | 10/12/10 | 11/9/12 | 12/10/2/8 | 11/8/5/8 | 2/30/0 | 2/30/0 |
| Lee et al16 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 12/8/28 | 7/12/33 | 20/14/3/11 | 6/21/7/18 | 7/41/0 | 4/48/0 |
| Kitamura et al17 | 21 (5-84) | 20 (4-70) | 12 | 19 | 0/61/0 | 0/97/0 | 0/61/0/0 | 0/97/0/0 | 27/34(0-II or 0-III) | 58/39(0-II or 0-III) |
| Kitamura et al18 | 23 (13-35) | 20 (13-35) | 2 | 0 | 0/0/20 | 0/0/46 | 2/10/5/3 | 4/22/11/9 | 5/15(0-II or 0-III) | 22/24(0-II or 0-III) |
| Harada et al19 | 15 (10.8-20) | 15.5 (9.8-22.3) | 12 | 11 | 7/18/23 | 9/14/25 | 10/19/5/14 | 7/26/3/12 | 23(0-I or 0-II)/25 | 26(0-I or 0-II)/22 |
| Liao et al20 | 27.9±23.7 | 32.2±18.2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
PCM: pocket-creation method, CM: creation method, NA: not available, U: upper third, M: middle third, L: lower third, G: grater curvature, L: lesser curvature, A: anterior wall, P: posterior wall