Published in:
01-06-2011 | Letter
Nonepithelial, submucosal gastric tumors: is laparoscopic wedge resection the optimal treatment?
Authors:
Odysseas Zoras, John Spiliotis
Published in:
Surgical Endoscopy
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Issue 6/2011
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Excerpt
Adenocarcinomas are the most common tumors of the stomach, whereas nonepithelial stromal tumors of the stomach are rare. Open surgery, usually gastrectomy, is the standard of care for these tumors. With rapid advances in laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer and lack of evidence for the necessity of lymphadenectomy, new surgical strategies are evaluated for the treatment of these submucosal tumors, but data on this subject still are scarce. …