Abstract:OBJECTIVE: To analyze the possible influencing factors of postoperative bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection/endoscopic mucosal resection (ESD/EMR) in early gastric cancer, in order to reduce the risk of surgery and pay special attention to the high risk group of postoperative bleeding. METHODS: The clinical data of patients underwent ESD/EMR for the diagnosis of early gastric cancer at the Endoscopy Center of Beijing Friendship Hospital from June 2012 to May 2018, including demographic information (age, gender, history of disease), endoscopic lesion characteristics (tumor size, location, morphology) and postoperative pathological features (differentiated types, invasive depth) to analyze the effects of these factors on bleeding after ESD/EMR surgery. RESULTS: A total of 255 patients with early gastric cancer were included in the study and 11 cases had postoperative bleeding (4.3%). The history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, the history of clopidogrel and multiple lesions were statistically different between postoperative bleeding group and non-bleeding group (P=0.004, P=0.017 and P=0.042). Multivariate analysis showed a history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (OR=5.151, 95% CI: 1.242-21.356, P=0.024), whether multiple lesions (OR=7.245, 95% CI: 1.471-35.684, P=0.015) and lesions size (OR = 4.713, 95% CI: 1.011-21.982, P = 0.048) were possible risk factors for postoperative bleeding. Survival analysis showed of higher postoperative bleeding risks in patients with the history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (P<0.001), multiple lesions (P=0.013) and more than 2cm lesions size (P=0.031). Conclusion: The risk of ESD/EMR postoperative bleeding in early gastric cancer patients with a history of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and multiple large lesions should be paid more attention.