Diagnosis and surgical treatment of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 21; no. 18; pp. 5630 - 5634
• Main Author: Zhang, Fang-Biao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 14.05.2015
• Subjects: Biopsy; Blood Loss, Surgical; Child; Esophageal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Esophageal Neoplasms - mortality; Esophageal Neoplasms - pathology; Esophageal Neoplasms - surgery; Esophagectomy - adverse effects; Esophagectomy - mortality; Esophagoscopy; Esophagus; Gastrointestinal; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - diagnosis; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - mortality; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - pathology; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - surgery; Humans; Length of Stay; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; Operative Time; Predictive Value of Tests; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Retrospective Study; stromal; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - adverse effects; Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - mortality; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; tumors; Recurrence; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Esophagus

AIM: To retrospectively evaluate our experience with the diagnosis and surgical resection of esophageal gastrointestinal stromal tumors(GISTs).METHODS: Between January 2003 and August 2014, five esophageal GIST cases were admitted to our hospital. In this study, the hospital records, surgery outcome...