Endoscopic full-thickness resection <i>vs</i> surgical resection for gastric stromal tumors: Efficacy and safety using propensity score matching

This study is a non-inferiority design. The EFTR group significantly outperformed the SR group in terms of operative time, length of hospital stay, time to resume a liquid diet, incidence of adverse events, and hospitalization costs, demonstrating its higher economic efficiency and better tolerability. Additionally, although the <i>en bloc</i> resection rate was lower in the EFTR group compared to the SR group, there were no significant differences in tumor recurrence rates and progression-free survival between the two groups. This study found no statistical difference in the primary endpoint of postoperative recurrence rates between the two groups. However, due to sample size limitations, this result requires further validation in larger-scale studies. The current results should be viewed as exploratory evidence.