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Laparoscopic Wedge Resection of Gastric Leiomyoma

Gastric leiomyoma is a relatively rare gastric neoplasm. Before the routine use of laparoscopy, various methods of treatment for gastric leiomyoma included open celiotomy with gastric wedge resection, partial gastrectomy, enucleation, and extended gastrectomy with en bloc resection of adjacent organ...

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Autores principales: Madan, Atul K., Frantzides, Constantine T., Keshavarzian, Ali, Smith, Claire
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3015518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14974670
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Sumario:Gastric leiomyoma is a relatively rare gastric neoplasm. Before the routine use of laparoscopy, various methods of treatment for gastric leiomyoma included open celiotomy with gastric wedge resection, partial gastrectomy, enucleation, and extended gastrectomy with en bloc resection of adjacent organs. Below, we describe a case of laparoscopic wedge resection and review the various laparoscopic techniques for the treatment of gastric leiomyoma.