A Laparoscopic Approach to Posterior Gastric Wall Leiomyomectomy
- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques
- Vol. 8 (2), 75-78
- https://doi.org/10.1089/lap.1998.8.75
Abstract
Leiomyomas represent 2% of gastric tumors. Commonly, gastric leiomyomas are clinically silent. Most often they become clinically apparent due to bleeding from ulceration of the overlying gastric mucosa. Surgical extirpation of the tumor is the standard treatment. Gastric leiomyomectomy was done routinely through open laparotomy until availability of laparoscopic equipment and techniques. Recently, there have been a few published reports regarding laparoscopic or laparoscopic-assisted removal of smooth muscle gastric tumors. There is little data, however, describing or discussing a laparoscopic approach to gastric leiomyomas located on the posterior gastric wall. We describe two different laparoscopic approaches to posterior wall gastric leiomyomas that we used in two patients. The postoperative recovery of both patients was remarkably quick and uneventful.Keywords
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