[pubmed] The hybrid procedure of thoracoscopic and hand-assisted laparoscopic resection of an esophageal gastrointestina

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Asian J Endosc Surg. 2020 Aug 18. doi: 10.1111/ases.12853. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

Esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (E-GIST) are very rare tumors, and there is no consensus regarding the optimal surgical approach for E-GISTs. Here, we report a case of a large E-GIST that was resected via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS). When examining for comorbidities of myasthenia gravis using computed tomography, a 7-cm-sized tumor was detected in the lower esophagus of a 68-year-old woman. Further examination revealed the tumor to be an E-GIST with high malignant potential, and thus, esophagectomy was performed. The hybrid procedure for VATS and HALS techniques was safe and minimally invasive for this E-GIST that required esophagectomy. Thus, esophagectomy with VATS and HALS is thought to be a reasonable surgical option for resecting large E-GISTs, for which enucleation is not recommended.

PMID:32812354 | DOI:10.1111/ases.12853


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