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Abstract With the development of endoscopic technology, endoscopic mucosal dissection (ESD) has become one of the standard treatments for superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and precancerous lesion (SESCC-PL). However, the efficacy and safety of ESD in some special SESCC-PL patients is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to analyze the efficacy and safety of ESD in patients with SESCC-PL, especially for some special patients. Methods Firstly, according to the depth of lesions, all patients were divided into three groups: the epithelium and lamina propria group (M1-M2), the muscularis mucosae and submucosal superficial layer group (M3-SM1) and the submucosal deep layer group (≥SM2). Secondly, according to the age of patients, all patients were divided into two groups: elderly group (≥ 65 years old) and non-elderly group (<65 years old). Finally, all patients were divided into two groups: patients with liver cirrhosis group and patients without liver cirrhosis group. The efficacy and safety of ESD for these patients were analyzed. Results There was no significant difference in operation time, resection speed, en bloc resection rate, bleeding rate, muscularis propria injury rate, perforation rate and intraoperative esophageal stricture rate in three groups with different depths of lesion. However, the R0 resection rate among the three groups decreased with the increase of lesion depth (P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in all surgical indexes between the non-elderly group and the elderly group (all P > 0.05). And there was also no significant difference in all surgical indexes including bleeding rate between the patients with liver cirrhosis and without liver cirrhosis (all P > 0.05). Conclusion This study proved that ESD is safe and effective for all kinds of patients with SESCC-PL, especially for patients with lesion depth ≥ M3, elderly patients and patients with liver cirrhosis, ESD can still achieve a satisfactory treatment effect and a good survival prognosis. Liver cirrhosis is not a contraindication to ESD.

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