Is There a Place for Thoracoscopic Enucleation of Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors?

Conclusion Thoracoscopic enucleation of E-GIST seems to represent a valuable option as the postoperative morbidity/mortality is low and the oncological outcome is good for low-to-intermediate grade of malignity tumors.This is a retrospective study focused on minimally invasive treatment of E-GIST. We evaluated the feasibility of VATS enucleation of low-to-medium grade of malignity E-GIST. [...] Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Original Thoracic Source Type: research