Abstract:Objective To analyze the association between antithrombotic drugs and delayed bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for early gastric cancer.Methods Clinical data of 99 patients with early gastric cancer who underwent ESD in our hospital from January 2023 to January 2026 were collected. Patients were categorized into a delayed bleeding group (n = 12) and a non-bleeding group (n = 87) based on the occurrence of postoperative delayed bleeding. Clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify risk factors for delayed bleeding after ESD.Results There were no statistically significant differences between the delayed bleeding group and the non-bleeding group in terms of sex distribution, age, prevalence of diabetes mellitus, prevalence of hypertension, prevalence of cardiovascular disease, pathological type composition, single antithrombotic drug use rate, single antiplatelet drug use rate, single anticoagulant use rate, multiple antiplatelet drug use rate, combined antiplatelet and anticoagulant use rate, single antiplatelet drug use rate alone, single anticoagulant use rate alone, and combined antiplatelet and anticoagulant use rate (P > 0.05). Statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups in invasion depth, antiplatelet drug use rate, anticoagulant use rate, multiple antithrombotic drug use rate, and multiple antiplatelet drug use rate (P < 0.05). The delayed bleeding group had a higher proportion of submucosal invasion, a higher antiplatelet drug use rate, a higher multiple antithrombotic drug use rate, and a higher multiple antiplatelet drug use rate than the non-bleeding group. Multivariate analysis showed that submucosal invasion [O^R = 7.150 (95% CI: 1.562, 32.732) ], antiplatelet drug use [O^R = 6.340 (95% CI: 1.366, 29.417) ], anticoagulant drug use [O^R = 8.947 (95% CI: 1.148, 69.714) ], and use of multiple antithrombotic drugs [O^R = 11.003 (95% CI: 1.290, 93.883) ] were independent risk factors for delayed bleeding after ESD for early gastric cancer (P < 0.05).Conclusion The use of antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants, and multiple antithrombotic drugs is independent risk factors for delayed bleeding after ESD for early gastric cancer, with risk increasing with the number of drug types. Submucosal invasion also significantly increases the risk of delayed bleeding.