Abstract:Objective?To investigate the influence of age on perioperative clinical parameters, tumor resection effects and complications of patients with early stage gastric cancer for single lesion treated by ESD.?Methods?60 patients with early stage gastric cancer for single lesion treated by ESD were chosen from January 2013 to July 2014 and divided into 2 groups including A group (35 patients) with < 60 years old and B group (25 patients) with ≥ 60 years old; and the operation time, intraoperative blood loss, hospital staying time, tumor curative resection and completed rate, the recurrence rate with follow-up and complications incidence of 2 groups were compared.?Results?All the patients were successfully performed the operation and no bleeding cases. There was no significant difference in the operation time, intraoperative blood loss, hospital staying time between 2 groups (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the tumor curative resection and completed rate between the 2 groups (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the recurrence rate with follow-up between 2 groups (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the complications incidence between 2 groups (P < 0.05).?Conclusion?ESD is safe and feasible in the treatment of elderly patients with early stage gastric cancer for single lesion, and it is equivalent to short- and long-term efficacy in non-elderly patients and not increase the operation time, the trauma degree and complications risk.