Abstract:Objective To compare the clinical effect of endoscopic ligation and endoscopic submucosal tunnelling in the treatment of esophageal submucosal tumors.Methods Clinical data of 46 patients with submucosal tumors in esophagus underwent endoscopic resection were analyzed retrospectively, including 35 patients who underwent endoscopic ligation (diameter < 10 mm) and 31 patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal tunnelling. The operative time, intraoperative bleeding volume, postoperative complications (perforation, bleeding, pneumothorax, eating disorders), postoperative hospital stay and operation cost were compared and analyzed.Results The operation time was shorter than STER group [(8.9 ± 1.1) min vs (62.3 ± 2.8) min], the operation cost of the endoscopic ligation group was lower than STER group [(5 126.8 ± 26.5) yuan vs (15 721.3 ± 39.6) yuan] and the intraoperative bleeding volume was less than STER group [(5.6 ± 1.7) mL vs (42.3 ± 3.5) mL], The difference were statistically significant (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in postoperative hospital stay and postoperative complications between the two groups.Conclusion In the treatment of esophageal myometrial or submucosal tumors with a diameter of less than 10 mm, endoscopic ligation is superior to the ster group in terms of operation time, intraoperative bleeding volume and operation cost. There is no significant difference in the length of stay and postoperative complications between the two methods, which is worthy of clinical application.