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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 7, 2017; 23(25): 4595-4603
Published online Jul 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i25.4595
Published online Jul 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i25.4595
Comparison of short- and long-term outcomes of laparoscopic vs open resection for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Xin Ye, Wei-Ming Kang, Jian-Chun Yu, Zhi-Qiang Ma, Zhi-Gang Xue, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Author contributions: Ye X and Kang WM contributed equally to this work; Ye X, Kang WM and Yu JC designed the research; Ye X, Kang WM and Yu JC performed the research; Ma ZQ and Xue ZG analyzed the data; Ye X, Kang WM and Xue ZG wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Jian-Chun Yu, MD, Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100730, China. yu-jch@163.com
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Received: March 23, 2017
Peer-review started: March 26, 2017
First decision: April 7, 2017
Revised: April 10, 2017
Accepted: June 1, 2017
Article in press: June 1, 2017
Published online: July 7, 2017
Peer-review started: March 26, 2017
First decision: April 7, 2017
Revised: April 10, 2017
Accepted: June 1, 2017
Article in press: June 1, 2017
Published online: July 7, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Surgical treatment is the gold standard for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumors (gGISTs). Increasingly more surgeons are performing laparoscopic resection (LR) to treat gGISTs due to the development and superiority of laparoscopic technology. The efficacy and safety of LR remain unconfirmed and more high-level clinical evidence is required. This study retrospectively compared the short- and long-term outcomes of LR vs open resection (OR) for gGISTs using propensity score matching to adjust for confounding variables in the baseline data and found that LR is superior to OR with respect to intraoperative parameters and postoperative recovery outcomes without compromising long-term oncological outcomes.