Open AccessLarge gastrointestinal stromal tumours of the stomach: Is laparoscopy reasonable?
Author(s) -
Beatrice Severino,
David Fuks,
Panagiotis Laïnas,
Antoine Blain,
Pierre Validire,
Jean-Marc Ferraz,
Thierry Perniceni,
Brice Gayet
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.169955
Subject(s) - medicine , gist , perioperative , wedge resection , surgery , laparoscopy , blood loss , stomach , demographics , mortality rate , resection , stromal cell , gastroenterology , demography , sociology
Laparoscopic resection (LR) offers significant advantages compared to open resections for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs). We aimed to evaluate whether LR outcomes jeopardised short and long-term outcomes of patients with large GISTs.